Caution:

None. The modified prompt is not saved across a reboot.

5.28.2.5 Traceroute

Description:

This command is used to trace the route to the specified destination.

Command Syntax:

traceroute {ip <ip-address> dname <domain-name>} {ping udp} [-m<num-of-hops>] [-w<wait-time>] [-p<udp-port-number>] [-q<numof-probes>]

Parameters:

 

Name

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This specifies the Destination address to be pinged.

 

ip-address dname

 

Type: Mandatory

 

 

Valid values : Any Valid IP Address (0.0.0.0 – 255.255.255.255) or

 

<domain-name>

 

 

 

Domain Name (String of Max 63 characters (‘a’-‘z’, ’A’-

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘Z’, ’0’-‘9’, ’-‘, ’_’and ‘.‘)

 

 

 

 

 

Ping udp

 

Traceroute probe message type

 

 

Type: Mandatory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maximum number of hops to search for ip-address Type: Optional

 

-m<num-of-hops>

 

Valid Values: 0-255

 

 

 

Default Value : 30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This specifies the timeout in seconds

 

-w<wait-time>

 

Type: Optional

 

 

Valid values : 0-65535

 

 

 

 

 

 

Default Value : 5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Destination UDP port to be used, only when Probe is Udp

 

-p<udp-port-number>

 

Type: Optional.

 

 

Valid Values: 0-65535

 

 

 

 

 

 

Default Value : 32768

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of probes to be sent for each TTL value Type: Optional

 

-q<num-of-probes>

 

Valid Values: 0-255

 

 

 

Default Value : 3

 

 

 

 

Example:

$ traceroute 192.168.1.13 ping

IP DSLAM

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