traceroute traces the path data packets have to follow to reach a destination and back. As such, when you run it on any IP address that can be pinged, regardless of what the target is running, it will run.
To show the packet route in a network, you can use the traceroute command on Unix-like systems or tracert on Windows. For example, you can type traceroute [destination] in a terminal or tracert [destination] in Command Prompt, replacing [destination] with the IP address or hostname you want to trace. This command will display the path that packets take to reach the specified destination, including each hop along the way.
tracert (traceroute on unix-like systems) will do this. use the command tracert /? for more information on options for this command, such as the maximum number of "hops".
traceroute on Unix varieties. tracepath on some Linux versions. tracert or pathping on MS-Windows boxes
Unix and Windows.
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The command used to trace the path from one networked node to another is tracert on Windows and traceroute on Unix-like systems. These commands send packets to the destination and display each hop along the route, showing the IP addresses and response times for each intermediary node. This helps diagnose network connectivity issues and identify where delays may be occurring.
Using the -m ttl switch of traceroute will limit the number of hops. The default is 30
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In UNIX: with command kill, in Windows: from Task Manager.
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A computer that runs Unix.