Trace route, 5 trace route – GeoDesy GD-Geo20 User Manual

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IP address or Host name

– specify the destination IP address or Host name.

Packet size

– specify the packet size.

7.5.5 Trace route

This tool is a route-tracing utility used to determine the path that an IP packet has taken to reach a
destination. This is useful when trying to find out why destination is unreachable, as you will be able to
see where the connection fails.

Destination IP or Hostname

– specify hostname or IP address of the target host.

Max Hops

–Specifies the maximum number of hops to search for target.

Start/Stop

– click to start or stop traceroute tool.

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