Performing a traceroute on a device by using a line command
A traceroute is a series of pings that progress outward in incremental hops from the MainView for IP client to the final trace target destination. By default, each hop is sent three requests; the response time is determined from these requests.
Use one of the following procedures to perform a traceroute on a device by using the TR line command.
- Select an IP address that is displayed in the Tracerte IPAddr field
- Type a TRACEROUTE command on the COMMAND line
- Issue the TR line command from a Tracerte Information view
To issue the TR line command from a connections view
- From the EZIP menu, select CONNECTIONS from the TCP/IP Activity section.
From the EZCONS menu, select one of the following types of connections from the CONNECTIONS section then press Enter:
- All
- Listen
- Active
- TCP
- UDP
- TN3270
- AT-TLS
The panel for the selection is displayed with a list of IP addresses. For example, if you selected All, the ALLCONS panel is displayed.
In the CMD field, type TR beside the IP address to be traced, and then press Enter.The TraceRte Connection pop-up is displayed (see the following figure).
TraceRte Connection Pop-up window
18JAN2012 06:29:56 ------ MAINVIEW WINDOW INTERFACE (V6.0.00) ----------------
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e IP Address: 172.18.242.84 e
e Stack Name: TCPIP e
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e TraceRte Port: 33434 e
e Max Hops: 32 e
e Max Wait: 5 e
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e END to TraceRte Connection e
e CANCEL to NOT TraceRte Connection e
e HELP to view related help e
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DsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssMEdit the fields as needed and press F3:
- For Stack name, specify the TCPIP Stack to use when issuing the PING command
- For TraceRte port, specify the port to be used for the traceRoute
- For Max Hops, specify the maximum number of hops on the traceRoute (valid values are 1-64, the default is 32)
- For Max Wait,specify the maximum wait on each hop of the traceRoute (valid values are 1-255, the default is 5 seconds)
Trace view shows the Trace view.
Figure 2. Trace view
18JAN2012 06:38:08 ------ MAINVIEW WINDOW INTERFACE (V6.0.00) ----------------
COMMAND ===> SCROLL ===> PAGE
CURR WIN ===> 1 ALT WIN ===>
>W1 =TRACE============(ALL======*=======)18JAN2012==06:38:07====MVIP=====D====7
Cur Hop Hop Min Max Avg Total Hop Tracerte
Hop DNS IPaddr Rsp Rsp Rsp Hops Delay Status
1 sw-prod-core-usa-phx- 172.24.51.252 0 0 0 7 0 Complete
2 rtr-twtc-ppp-usa-phx- 172.24.1.38 0 0 0 0
3 rtr-twtc-ppp-usa-hou- 172.21.1.2 27 28 27 27
4 sw-dist-usa-hou-b4mdf 172.18.254.57 27 28 27 0
5 sw-dist-usa-hou-b1mdf 172.18.254.173 27 30 28 0
6 sw-edge-usa-hou-b1f4s 172.18.254.102 28 28 28 1
7 bmc-74bm2f1.bmc.com 172.18.242.84 27 28 27 0- If the status in the Tracerte Status field is In progress, refresh the data by pressing Enter.