tracepath

linux

Trace the path to a network host discovering MTU along this path.

Examples (6)

A preferred way to trace the path to a host

tracepath -p 33434 host

Specify the initial destination port, useful with non-standard firewall settings

tracepath -p destination_port host

Print both hostnames and numerical IP addresses

tracepath -b host

Specify a maximum TTL (number of hops)

tracepath -m max_hops host

Specify the initial packet length (defaults to 65535 for IPv4 and 128000 for IPv6)

tracepath -l packet_length host

Use only IPv6 addresses

tracepath -6 host