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Traceroute

With the Traceroute you can trace the route to a host using ICMP echo requests to determine the network path and each intermediate hop.

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Traceroute works by sending ICMP packets with incrementally increasing TTL (Time to Live) values. Each router along the path decrements the TTL by one; when it reaches zero, the router discards the packet and sends back an ICMP "time exceeded" message, revealing its address. This process repeats until the destination is reached.

Traceroute

Example inputs​

  • server-01.borntoberoot.net
  • 10.0.0.1

Context menu​

ActionDescription
CopyCopies the selected information to the clipboard
Export...Exports the selected or all results to a file

Profile​

Inherit host from general​

Inherit the host from the general settings.

Type: Boolean

Default: Enabled

note

If this option is enabled, the Host is overwritten by the host from the general settings and the Host is disabled.

Host​

Hostname or IP address to trace the route to.

Type: String

Default: Empty

Example:

  • server-01.borntoberoot.net
  • 1.1.1.1

Settings​

Maximum hops​

Maximum number of hops to search for the target.

Type: Integer [Min 1, Max 255]

Default: 30

Timeout (ms)​

Timeout in milliseconds for each ICMP packet, after which the packet is considered lost.

Type: Integer [Min 100, Max 15000]

Default: 4000

Buffer​

Buffer size of the ICMP packet.

Type: Integer [Min 1, Max 65535]

Default: 32

Resolve hostname​

Resolve the hostname of the IP address (PTR lookup) for each hop.

Type: Boolean

Default: Enabled

Check IP geolocation​

Enables or disables the resolution of the IP geolocation for each hop via ip-api.com.

note

The free API endpoint is limited to 45 requests per minute, supports only the http protocol and is available for non-commercial use only.

Type: Boolean

Default: Enabled