traceroute6

The following operations can be performed on "traceroute6":

traceroute6

Invokes the UNIX traceroute6 command. Traceroute6 attempts to track the route that the packets follow to reach the destination host.

Synopsis

traceroute6 [-n] [I] [-r] [-v] [-m <hoplimit>] [-p <port>] [-q <probes>] [-s <src_addr>] [-T <td>] [-w <waittime>] <target> [<packetlen>]

Arguments

n

Print hop addresses numerically rather than symbolically and numerically.

I

Use ICMP ECHO for probes.

r

Bypass normal routing tables and send directly to a host on an attached network. If the host is not on a directly attached network, an error is returned.

v

Verbose output. List received ICMP packets other than TIME_EXCEEDED and UNREACHABLE.

m

Maximum hop value for outgoing probe packets. For Nitro API, default value is taken as 10. Default value: 64 Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 255

p

Base port number used in probes. Default value: 33434 Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 65535

q

Number of probes per hop. For Nitro API, default value is taken as 1. Default value: 3 Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 65535

s

Source IP address to use in the outgoing query packets. If the IP address does not belong to this appliance, an error is returned and nothing is sent.

T

Traffic Domain Id Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 4094

w

Time (in seconds) to wait for a response to a query. For Nitro API, defalut value is set to 3. Default value: 5 Minimum value: 2 Maximum value: 86399

host

Destination host IP address or name.

packetlen

Length (in bytes) of the query packets. Default value: 44 Minimum value: 44 Maximum value: 32768

Output

response

Example

traceroute6 2002::7