traceroute & tracert

tracert

A command that determines the route data takes to get to a particular destination. Windows.

traceroute -A example.com

Display the AS (Autonomous System) information of each hop (Linux/Unix). Unix/linux/macOS

traceroute -n example.com

Do not resolve IP addresses to hostnames during the trace. (Linux/Unix, MacOS).

tracert -d example.com

Do not resolve IP addresses to hostnames during the trace. (Windows)

tracert example.com

Perform a basic trace to a destination to identify the hops along the network path. (Windows)

traceroute example.com

Perform a basic trace to a destination to identify the hops along the network path. Unix/linux/macOS

tracert -6 example.com

Perform a trace to an IPv6 destination ( Windows).

traceroute -6 example.com

Perform a trace to an IPv6 destination (Linux/Unix, MacOS).

tracert -l 1500 example.com

Set the size of the ICMP or UDP packets sent during the trace. (Windows)

traceroute -s 1500 example.com

Set the size of the ICMP or UDP packets sent during the trace. Windows. Unix/linux/macOS

tracert -w 2000 example.com

Set the timeout for each probe packet in milliseconds. (Windows)

traceroute -w 2 example.com

Set the timeout for each probe packet in milliseconds. Windows. Unix/linux/macOS

tracert -h 30 example.com

Specify the maximum number of hops (TTL) to reach the destination. (Windows)

traceroute -m 30 example.com

Specify the maximum number of hops (TTL) to reach the destination. Unix/linux/macOS

traceroute -i eth0 example.com

Specify the source interface or address for the trace (Linux/Unix). (Linux/Unix, MacOS).

tracert -s 12345 example.com

Specify the source port number for the trace (Windows).

traceroute -U example.com

Use UDP packets instead of ICMP for the trace (Linux/Unix).

Traceroute

a utility application that monitors the network path of packet data sent to a remote computer. Unix/linux/macOS