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traceroute

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traceroute

traceroute is a tool to trace the path of an IP packet as it traverses routers, and it is a great utility for checking the route from a source to a destination. The traceroute command is one of the simplest yet most effective ways to troubleshoot network problems.

NOTE:

  • Different platforms offer traceroute as a tool, such as TRACERT on Windows or TRACEROUTE on Linux and Mac.
  • Installation steps on both platforms are pretty simple, since we will be talking about Linux (Ubuntu). Below are the steps to get this utility installed.
  • If you are on RHEL family, you can get this installed by yum. 
$ apt-get update -y 
$ apt get install traceroute -y
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Here are some examples of how to use the traceroute command in Linux:

To perform a traceroute to a host:

$ traceroute google.com
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To perform a traceroute to a host with the IP address:

$ traceroute 142.250.77.78
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To perform a traceroute with a maximum of 10 hops:

$ traceroute -m 10 google.com
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To perform a traceroute with a maximum wait time of 2 seconds per hop:

$ traceroute -w 2 google.com
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To perform a traceroute with only one packet sent per hop:

$ traceroute -q 1 google.com
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Feel free to check its capabilities via man traceroute

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