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Performing a traceroute on a device


Use the following procedure to perform a traceroute on a device in MainView for IP.

Note

The data that is displayed on the Tracerte Information view might not be complete data or real-time data. The traceroute task is asynchronous; because a traceroute might take several minutes to complete, MainView for IP can display data while the traceroute is running. The status of the traceroute request registers in the Tracerte Status field.

You can perform a traceroute on a device by using one of the following methods:

To issue the traceroute line command

  1. From the EZIP menu, select Tracerte Information from the Diagnostics section, and press Enter .
  2. In the CMD field next to the IP address you want to trace, type TR, and press Enter.

To select an IP address in the Tracerte IPAddr field

  1. From the EZIP menu, select Tracerte Information from the Diagnostics section, and press Enter.The Tracerte view (TRACERTE) is displayed:

    Traceroute Information detail view

    tracerte.png

  2. Type ADD next to the IP address of the device that you want to trace, and press Enter.
    The Add TraceRoute entry dialog is displayed:
    tracerte_popup.png
     You can configure the following additional filtering parameters:
    • TCPIP Stack name is the TCPIP Stack to use when issuing the PING command
    • Attempts is the number of attempts
    • Max Hops is the maximum number of Hops on the TraceRoute (valid values are 1-64, the default is 30)
    • Max Wait - is the maximum wait on each hop of the TraceRoute (valid values are 1-255, the default is 5 seconds)
    • Port is the port to be used for the TraceRoute

      To refresh the data on the TRACERTE view, press Enter.



 

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