traceroute

To discover the routes that packets take when traveling to their destination address, use the traceroute command in EXEC mode.

traceroute [ip-address | hostname]

Syntax Description

traceroute

The command to discover the routes of the packets to their destination address.

ip-address

IP address of the remote system. Supports up to 32 alphanumeric characters.

hostname

Hostname of the remote system. Supports up to 32 alphanumeric characters.

Defaults

No default behavior or values.

Command Modes

EXEC

Usage Guidelines

None.

Examples

/admin# traceroute 172.16.0.11

traceroute to 172.16.0.11 (172.16.0.11), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets

1 172.16.0.11 0.067 ms 0.036 ms 0.032 ms

 

/admin#