Next, three more UDP messages are sent, each with the TTL value set to 2. This event signals the traceroute program to finish. The extended traceroute command is a variation of the traceroute command. An extended traceroute command can be used to see what path packets are taking to get to a destination, and the command can be used to check routing at the same time. You can use the extended ping command to determine the type of connectivity problem, and then use the extended traceroute command to narrow down to where the problem is occurring.
Type escape sequence to abort.
The following table lists the traceroute command field descriptions. Prompts for a supported protocol. Enter appletalk, clns, ip, novell, apollo, vines, decnet, or xns. Target IP addres You must enter a host name or an IP address. There is no default.