traceroute
Traces the network path of packets as they are forwarded to a destination address.
Syntax
traceroute
{
ip-address
|
host-name
|
ipv6
[
ipv6-address|
host-name
]
}
[
interface
]
[
maxttl
value
]
[
minttl
value
]
[
src-addr
src-addr
]
[
timeout
seconds
]
[
vrf
{
mgmt-vrf
|
default-vrf
|vrf-name
} ]
Parameters
-
ip-address
- Specifies the IP address of the destination
device.
-
host-name
- Specifies the hostname of the destination device.
-
ipv6
ipv6-address
- Specifies the IPv6 address of the destination device.
-
interface
- Selects the output interface.
-
maxttl
value
- Maximum Time To Live value in a number of hops.
-
minttl
value
- Minimum Time To Live value in a number of hops.
-
src-addr
address
- Specifies the IPv4 or IPv6 address of the source device.
-
timeout
seconds
- The traceroute timeout value.
-
vrf
- Specifies a VRF on which to run a
traceroute.
-
mgmt-vrf
- Specifies the management VRF.
-
default-vrf
- Specifies the default-vrf.
- vrf-name
- Specifies a VRF
name.
Modes
Privileged EXEC mode
Examples
This example executes an IPv6 traceroute, with
minimum and maximum TTL values.
device# traceroute ipv6 fec0:60:69bc:92:218:8bff:fe40:1470
maxttl 128 minttl 30 src-addr fec0:60:69bc:92:205:33ff:fe9e:3f20 timeout 3
traceroute to fec0:60:69bc:92:218:8bff:fe40:1470 (fec0:60:69bc:92:218:8bff:fe40:1470),
128 hops max, 80 byte packets 30 fec0:60:69bc:92:218:8bff:fe40:1470
(fec0:60:69bc:92:218:8bff:fe40:1470) 2.145 ms 2.118 ms 2.085 ms
