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TRACEROUTE(1)                                                    TRACEROUTE(1)




NAME

       traceroute - print the route packets take to network host


SYNOPSIS

       traceroute [-46FnrRV] [-f first_ttl] [-p port]
               [-m max_hops] [-N concurrent_hops]
               [-t tos] [-w timeout] [-q nqueries]
               [-S source_addr] [-I interface]
               [-g gateway] host [packetlen]
       traceroute6  [options]


DESCRIPTION

       traceroute  tracks  the  route  packets take across a TCP/IP network on
       their way to a given host. It utilizes the IP protocol's time  to  live
       (TTL)  field and attempts to elicit an ICMP TIME_EXCEEDED response from
       each gateway along the path to the host.

       traceroute6 is just another name for the same program, and  is  equiva-
       lent to invoking traceroute with the -6 option.


OPTIONS

       The  only  required parameter is the name or IP address of the destina-
       tion host. This paremeter can be followed by the size  of  the  probing
       packet  sent  to  that  host  (40  by default). Varying the size of the
       packet in conjunction with the -F  parameter  can  be  used  to  obtain
       information about the MTU of individual network hops.

       Additional options are:

       -6, -4 Explicitly  force IPv4 or IPv6 traceouting. By default, the pro-
              gram will try to resolve the name given, and choose  the  appro-
              priate  protocol automatically. If resolving a host name returns
              both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, traceroute will use IPv4. Invoking
              the program as traceroute6 is the same as using the -6 option.

       -F     Set  the  "Don't  Fragment" bit. This tells intermediate routers
              not to fragment the packet when they find it's  too  big  for  a
              network hop's MTU.

       -f first_ttl
              Specifies with what TTL to start. Defaults to 1.

       -g gateway
              Tells  traceroute to add an IP source routing option to the out-
              going packet that tells the network to route the packet  through
              the  specified  gateway.   Not very useful, because most routers
              have disabled source routing for security reasons.

       -I interface
              Specifies the interface through which to traceroute should  send
              packets.  By default, the interface is selected according to the
              routing table.

       -m max_hops
              Specifies the maximum number of hops traceroute will probe.  The
              default value is 30.

       -N concurrent_hops
              Specifies  the  number of probe packets sent out simultaneously.
              Sending several probes concurrently can speed up traceroute con-
              siderably.  However,  when specifying a number that's too large,
              the destination host  will  start  to  throw  away  random  ICMP
              responses  (if  it implements ICMP rate throttling), and tracer‐
              oute will be unable to detect  the  final  hope  reliably.   The
              default value is 6.

       -n     Do  not  try  to  map IP addresses to host names when displaying
              them.

       -p port
              Specifies the UDP destination port  base  traceroute  will  use.
              When  sending its UDP probe packets, it will send them to port +
              hop - 1 for each hop. If there are ports in this range in use on
              the  destination  host,  traceroute will not be able to identify
              reliably when it has reached the destination host  (probes  will
              appear  to  time out). The default port is 33434; you can use -p
              to change this to a different value.

       -t tos Set the IP Type of Service (TOS) and  Precedence  value.  Useful
              values  are 16 (low delay) and 8 (high throughput). Note that in
              order to use some TOS precendence values, you have to  be  super
              user.

       -w sec Wait for sec seconds before sending the next probe packet.

              Note  that unlike older traceroute versions, this implementation
              will transmit several probe packets in parallel,  for  different
              hop  values.  However, it will never send more than 1 packet per
              hop value at the same time.

       -q numqueries
              Sets the number of probe packets per hop. The default  value  is
              3.

       -r     Bypass  the normal routing tables and send directly to a host on
              an attached network.  If the host is not on a  directly-attached
              network,  an error is returned.  This option can be used to ping
              a local host through an interface that has no route through  it.

       -R     Set  the  loose  source route option on outgoing packets, asking
              intermediate routers to  record  their  address  as  the  packet
              passes.   This  can be useful if you want to find the address of
              an intermediate router that has been configured to  not  respond
              to traceroute packets.

              This feature hasn't been implemented yet.

       -S source_addr
              Chooses an alternative source address. Note that you must select
              the address of one of the interfaces.  By default,  the  address
              of the outgoing interface is used.

       -V     Print the version and exit.


SEE ALSO

       ping(8), netstat(8).


AUTHOR

       Concept  and command line options based on the original LBL implementa-
       tion of traceroute, written by Van Jacobson.  This  implentation  is  a
       complete  rewrite  and  redesign,  written  and copyright (C) 2000 Olaf
       Kirch <okir@suse.de>.



4.3 Berkeley Distribution       6 December 2000                  TRACEROUTE(1)


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