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Glossary: TCP/IP in Depth, Part 1

traceroute

Also written: traceroute -I, traceroute -T, tracert, !X, *

A tool that finds each router on a path by sending probes with TTL 1, 2, 3 and so on, collecting time exceeded from each router until port unreachable (or an echo reply) says the probe has arrived. `-I` probes with echo requests and `-T` with TCP to port 80.

Where the book teaches it

Related terms

TTL (time to live)time exceededport unreachabletracepath