Trace Route - D-Link xStack DGS-3600 User Manual

Trace Route

The following window will aid the user in back tracing the route taken by a packet before arriving at the Switch. When initiated,
the Trace Route program will display the IP addresses of the previous hops a packet takes from the Target IP Address entered in
the window, until it reaches the Switch.
To trace the route of a packet, set the following parameters located in this window, and click Start.
Parameter Description
Target IP Address Enter the IP address of the computer to be traced.
TTL The time to live value of the trace route request. This is the maximum number of routers the
traceroute command will cross while seeking the network path between two devices.
Port The virtual port number. The port number must be above 1024.The value range is from 30000
to 64900.
Timeout Defines the time-out period while waiting for a response from the remote device. The user may
choose an entry between 1 and 65535 seconds.
Probe The probe value is the number of times the Switch will send probe packets to the next hop on
the intended traceroute path. The default is 1.
xStack DGS-3600 Series Layer 3 Gigabit Ethernet Managed Switch
Figure 12- 30. Traceroute window
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