SonicWALL Internet Security Appliances manual Trace Route

Trace Route

Trace Route is a diagnostic utility to assist in diagnosing and troubleshooting router connections on the Internet. By using Internet Connect Message Protocol (ICMP) echo packets similar to Ping packets, Trace Route can test interconnectivity with routers and other hosts that are farther and farther along the network path until the connection fails or until the remote host responds.

Enter the IP address or domain name of the destination host. For example, enter yahoo.com and click Go.

A second window is displayed with each hop to the destination host:

By following the route, you can diagnose where the connection fails between the SonicWALL and the destination.

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