tldr/pages/common/traceroute.md

traceroute

Print the route packets trace to network host. More information: https://manned.org/traceroute.

• Traceroute to a host:

traceroute {{example.com}}

• Disable IP address and host name mapping:

traceroute -n {{example.com}}

• Specify wait time in seconds for response:

traceroute --wait={{0.5}} {{example.com}}

• Specify number of queries per hop:

traceroute --queries={{5}} {{example.com}}

• Specify size in bytes of probing packet:

traceroute {{example.com}} {{42}}

• Determine the MTU to the destination:

traceroute --mtu {{example.com}}

• Use ICMP instead of UDP for tracerouting:

traceroute --icmp {{example.com}}