traceroute command in linux with examples

Traceroute is a command in linux which prints the route that a packet takes which includes the details about the hops in between i.e the whole route from the host machine to the target

Below pictures including with the respective examples are provided for better understanding.

In the whole process the default domain which we are sending packets is www.google.com

SYNTAX :

traceroute [options] host_Address [pathlength]

Option 1: -4 Use IPv4

Option 2 : -6 IPv6 

Option 3 : -d Enables socket level debugging 

Here we used sudo command in front of traceroute because it enables us to run with security privileges

or else it gives a message permission denied.

Option 4 : -F do not fragment packet

Option 5 : -f  first_ttl

                  Start from the first_ttl hop (instead from 1)

Option 6 : -g gate  Route the packet through gate.

Option 7 : -m max_ttl Option: Set the max number of hops for the packet to reach the destination.Default value is 30.

Option 8 : -n Option Do not resolve IP addresses to their domain names.

Option 9 : -I option Use ICMP ECHO for tracerouting

Option 10 : -p port : Set the destination port to use. Default is 33434.

For More Options : --help 

Hope this helps  you 

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