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Traceroute

With the Traceroute you can trace the route to a host using ICMP echo requests to determine the network path and each intermediate hop.

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Traceroute works by sending ICMP packets with incrementally increasing TTL (Time to Live) values. Each router along the path decrements the TTL by one; when it reaches zero, the router discards the packet and sends back an ICMP "time exceeded" message, revealing its address. This process repeats until the destination is reached.

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Example inputs

  • server-01.borntoberoot.net
  • 10.0.0.1

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Profile

Inherit host from general

Inherit the host from the general settings.

Type: Boolean

Default: Enabled

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If this option is enabled, the Host is overwritten by the host from the general settings and the Host is disabled.

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Host

Hostname or IP address to trace the route to.

Type: String

Default: Empty

Example:

  • server-01.borntoberoot.net
  • 1.1.1.1

Settings

Maximum hops

Maximum number of hops to search for the target.

Type: Integer [Min 1, Max 255]

Default: 30

Timeout (ms)

Timeout in milliseconds for each ICMP packet, after which the packet is considered lost.

Type: Integer [Min 100, Max 15000]

Default: 4000

Buffer

Buffer size of the ICMP packet.

Type: Integer [Min 1, Max 65535]

Default: 32

Resolve hostname

Resolve the hostname of the IP address (PTR lookup) for each hop.

Type: Boolean

Default: Enabled

Check IP geolocation

Enables or disables the resolution of the IP geolocation for each hop via ip-api.com.

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The free API endpoint is limited to 45 requests per minute, supports only the http protocol and is available for non-commercial use only.

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Type: Boolean

Default: Enabled