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Traceroute, Root commands, Syntax – Technicolor - Thomson ST585 V6 User Manual

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Root Commands

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traceroute

Send ICMP/UDP packets to trace the IP path.

SYNTAX:

where:

traceroute

addr =
[count = ]
[size = ]
[interval = ]
[maxhops = ]
[dstport = ]
[maxfail = ]
[type = <{icmp | udp}>]
[utime = <{disabled | enabled}>]

addr

The destination IP address.

REQUIRED

count

A number between 1 and 10.
Represents the number of times to reissue a traceroute request with the
same TTL.
The default is

3

.

OPTIONAL

size

A number between 1 and 20000 (bytes).
Represents the size of the traceroute packet(s).
The default is

1

.

OPTIONAL

interval

A number between 1000 and 60000 (milliseconds).
Represents the intermediate interval between two packets.
The default is

1000

.

OPTIONAL

maxhops

A number between 1 and 255.
Represents the maximum number of routers through which a packet can
pass.
The default is

30

.

OPTIONAL

dstport

A number between 1 and 65535.
Represents the UDP destination port number to send to.

OPTIONAL

maxfail

A number between 0 and 255.
Represents the maximum number of consecutive timeouts allowed
before terminating a traceroute request.
The default is

5

.

OPTIONAL

type

The type of traceroute packet(s).
Choose between:

>

icmp

>

udp

.

The default is

icmp

.

OPTIONAL

utime

Display time in useconds (enabled) or not (disabled).
The default is

enabled

.

OPTIONAL