Patent ID: 9729433
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A network comprising: a destination node; a source node configured to output an enhanced route trace packet; one or more intermediate nodes configured to forward the enhanced route trace packet toward the destination node based on a routing table until the enhanced route trace packet reaches the destination node; wherein each of the one or more intermediate nodes is further configured to insert identifying information into the enhanced route trace packet; wherein the destination node is configured to send a response packet to the source node containing all the identifying information entered by the one or more intermediate nodes, the destination node also configured to insert identifying information into the response packet, wherein the destination node sends the response packet when source routing is not requested or a node address for the destination node is a last node address in a list specified by the source node; wherein the enhanced route trace packet satisfies one of Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) or Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6).