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DGS-3600 Series Layer 3 Managed Gigabit Ethernet 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.
Trace Route IPv4 Route
To view this window, click
Monitoring > Trace Route > Trace IPv4 Route
, as shown below:
Figure 8- 36. Trace IPv4 Route window
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.
Domain Name
Enter the domain name of the host.
TTL (1-60)
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 (30000-64900)
The virtual port number. The port number must be above 1024.The value range is from
30000
to
64900
.
Timeout (1-65535)
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 (1-9)
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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