How do I do a traceroute?

How do I do a traceroute?

I have been asked to provide a traceroute, but not sure how to do this. How can I do a traceroute?

Traceroutes are easy to do. They basically say what
servers/hops/routers your packets of information are going through to
reach a point. To do them, you'll need to do the following:



Windows
  1. Go to Start --> Run and type "cmd" to open a command prompt

  2. Now type in: tracert The-Address-You-Want-Trace

  3. Now, right click the command prompt and select "Mark"

  4. Now select all information in the traceroute and do another right click. This will put the text in to the clipboard.

  5. Reply with the traceroute by pasting in to the email and sending it off.
     




Mac
  1. Go to Applications --> Utilities --> Terminal

  2. Type in: traceroute The-Address-You-Want-Trace

  3. OR go to Applications --> Utilities --> Network Utility --> Traceroute tab
     
  4. Now select the route with the mouse and copy it

  5. Send that traceroute off by pasting it in to the reply and sending it.
     




Linux
  1. Open a terminal window

  2. Type in: traceroute The-Address-You-Want-Trace

  3. Now select the route with the mouse and do a right click.

  4. Send that traceroute off by pasting it in to the reply and sending it.
    • Related Articles

    • csf bacula rules/exceptions

      If you are running bacula and csf you must add an exceptions to the following IP's in /etc/csf/csf.allow and /etc/csf/csf.ignore 127.0.0.1 96.125.182.114 10.4.0.114 10.4.0.11/8 67.22.128.170/20 67.22.128.0/20 96.125.182.0/20 Finally you also need to ...