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Using Traceroute (Network Interfaces)

Traceroute is often used for network troubleshooting. By showing a list of routers traversed, it

allows you to identify the path taken from your computer to reach a particular destination on the

network. It will list all the routers it passes through until it reaches its destination, or fails to and

is discarded. In addition to this, it will tell you how long each 'hop' from router to router takes.

This can help identify routing problems or firewalls that may be blocking access to a site.

1. To perform a traceroute on an IP address or hostname, click Operation, Network Interfaces,

then Traceroute.

2. Enter the IP address or hostname of the target you wish to check in the Traceroute Target

field.

3. Optionally, select:

OPTION

Verbose

No DNS Resolution

Use ICMP (vs. normal UDP)

4. Optionally, type values for how many hops the traceroute command will use in outgoing

probe packets (default is 30), the UDP destination port to use in probes (default is 33434),

and the size for the traceroute packets. If left blank, defaults will be used.

5. Click Traceroute in the bottom right-hand corner of the window.

6. Press CTRL+C or CTRL+Q to terminate the traceroute session. A Return? prompt appears;

press ENTER to return to the Traceroute menu. The Return? prompt also appears when

Traceroute terminates due to "destination reached" or "hop count exceeded" events occur.

Editing Static Routes (Network Interfaces)

In Static Routes, you can view the current IP routing table and modify, add, or delete routes.

Careful use and placement of static routes may actually improve the performance of your network,

allowing you to conserve bandwidth for important business applications and may be useful for

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