D-Link xStack DGS-3600 Series User Manual - Trace Route
xStack DGS-3600 Series Layer 3 Gigabit Ethernet Managed Switch
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.
Figure 12- 30. Traceroute window
To trace the route of a packet, set the following parameters located in this window, and click
Star
t.
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.
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