Questions tagged [traceroute]
traceroute is a network diagnostic tool that displays the path that a packet takes in going from an initial IP address to final one. It also measures length of time that it takes the packets to hop from one IP address to another as it goes from the initial IP address to the final one.
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What are the significant differences between tracepath and traceroute?
I recently read a bit of an article on HowToGeek that has me scratching my head a little. I've got fairly little experience with Linux though, so forgive me if this is entry-level:
"The ...
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How to install traceroute in Linux?
I am currently taking a Controlled Assessment, and this is one of the tasks.
Make sure that you have the program traceroute installed. (Install
it if necessary.)
I went on https://www.codeground....
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Graphical Traceroute with Map from Repository
It seems like xt (xtraceroute) has been dropped from the repository, does anyone know of another graphical traceroute program in the main repos which draws maps? If not, then a loose deb package will ...
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How to run the traceroute command in linux?
My GCSE coursework in linux is asking me to do this:
Whenever I attempt it it says this:
So do I just need to install the packages and it will work?
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OpenVPN - Linux client could not access internet, routing issue
I installed OpenVPN server quite a while a go with the gateway option that all internet traffic get routed through.
It works fine for client machine like Windows and my Android phone, but same Open ...
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traceroute is not installing on ubuntu 18.04 LTS
I tried to use traceroute for my networking project. But whenever I tried to install traceroute it shows that
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state ...
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What is the difference between traceroute and mtr?
I was working with someone on a project and I noticed they were using mtr (My Trace Route) instead of traceroute, is there some advantage to this? Why would they use that other tool instead?
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What is the difference between Pinging loopback address and pinging the system's IP address?
What I found was loopback tests whether the TCP/IP suite of our system is working properly or not and pinging our IP makes sure that NIC is working fine. This is okay but I wish to know its working ...
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Routing tables - Default gateway and traceroute discrepancy
I'm using 16.04 and having a discrepancy that appears to be slowing down the internet access for my machine.
I'm on a PC and connecting to internet using a USB WIFI device instead of the ethernet ...
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Can't ping my own local machine by IP address?
I have an Ubuntu machine named ci-server, with wired connection and fixed IP address of 192.168.0.214.
When I ping by IP I get the following output:
administrator@ci-server:~$ ping 192.168.0.214
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Newer versions of traceroute have limited functionality
Running traceroute 1.9.4 on 8.8.8.8 shows
traceroute -m 30 -q 1 -w 3 -A 8.8.8.8
traceroute: invalid option -- 'A'
Try 'traceroute --help' or 'traceroute --usage' for more information.
However the ...
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Multi gateway routing in ubuntu
I want to setup Multi gateway on my Ubuntu Machine. 1 for ethernet and another for USB tethering. After browsing, from the below reference
https://www.thomas-krenn.com/en/wiki/...
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Traceroute and mtr command are not working
grace@DESKTOP-PTDHEDF:~$ sudo traceroute -m3 8.8.8.8
traceroute to 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8), 3 hops max
1 * * *
2 * * *
3 * * *
Tried the following steps but the result still the same.
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traceroute is not showing ip's instead it showing stars
I have installed traceroute in my ubuntu 18.04. Now when I want to trace a website's ip route then in the first line it shows a ip (may be my ip address) but in the fext following address it prints ...
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sudo traceroute -n . Not working
I tried to run a traceroute command "sudo traceroute -n www.google.com" in my Ubuntu guest machine in an Oracle Virtual Box.
it displays this message
traceroute: invalid option -- 'n'
Try '...
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"sudo apt-get install traceroute" showing error
Im using Ubuntu 20.04 in the VM and trying to install traceroute. However, I tried the following ways:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install traceroute
which shows the
"E: dpkg was interrupted,...
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Can somebody help me to understand what is happening with this traceroute?
The internet on my laptop continually disconnects randomly. I stay connected to the wireless network but lose access to the web. I suspect it may have something to do with my Pi-hole which is also the ...
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tracepath and too many hops on ubuntu 16.04.1
I have got three Ubuntu servers (virtual) running in cloud, they all are sitting in the same virtual LAN and configured with similar specs. However when I run tracepath on those three hosts to a ...
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Why is there a limit of 10 in the -q argument of traceroute?
The -q argument of traceroute sets the number of probes to be used.
On Linux systems it seems that this can only be up to 10. If a higher value is used traceroute returns.
no more than 10 probes ...
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packages cannot be authenticated! - traceroute
I am trying to install traceroute in ubuntu and I am getting the following message.
sudo apt-get install traceroute
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state ...
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What exactly traceroute's "CVE-2023-46316" is?
As description in CVE-2023-46316: In buc Traceroute 2.0.12 through 2.1.2 before 2.1.3, the wrapper scripts do not properly parse command lines.
I'm wondering how the attacker infiltrated the system ?
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Why I cannot connect to MongoDB from outside while I have set its IP to 0.0.0.0 with no firewall?
First netstat -nltp output displays:
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:27017 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 1235/mongod
So it seems that MongoDB is running on port 27017 and accept ...
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how to install traceroute
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
net-tools is already the newest version (1.60-26ubuntu1).
The following NEW packages will be installed:
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Allow only network connections but not connect to internet
I can do this by going to the network manager
edit connections > myconn > ipv4 > routes
and check
"use this connection only for resources on its network"
all this without inputing my sudoer ...
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Dual NIC for reverse NAT access
Need help with this goal:
Internet
<-- TP_LINK Router(192.168.0.1)
<-- PC1(eth0:192.168.0.8)
<-- PC2(eth0:192.168.0.81)
When I use cable to connect PC2 eth1 to PC3 eth0, ...
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two machines two different versions of traceroute
Ace is uname -a Linux ace 6.2.0-34-generic #34~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Sep 7 13:12:03 UTC 2 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Nub is uname -a Linux nub 6.2.0-34-generic #34~22.04.1-Ubuntu ...
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OpenVPN connection issues, traceroute to other client
I have a Asus ac86u router with OpenVPN enabled. (192.168.3.1, 10.8.0.1)
The network behind the router is 192.168.3.0. The OpenVpn network is 10.8.0.0.
I have several Windows machines (both physical ...
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Port 9000 Open in FW But Not Showing In NMAP
I am running an Ubuntu 20.0.4 LTS virtual server.
I need to be able to access http://localhost:9000/ from within the server for a service I am trying to run, but I keep getting 'Connection refused' ...
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Traceroute shows request timeout message with stars
When I try to run traceroute in my Ubuntu Virtual Machine (Oracle) it only shows the first hop(self hop) and then it shows * * * and request timed out message
traceroute to www.amazon.in (108.158.254....
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No route to host in one direction
I am able to ssh from one host in Mexico to another in New Jersey, but when I start the ssh from the New Jersey host going to the same Mexico host, I get "no route to host". While ...
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How to connect pc to internet and directly to NAS using different interfaces
My goal is to connect my PC and my NAS directly using two USB to 5 Gbe adapters and both of them to a switch that has internet access via 1Gbe NICs.
So the initial setup was:
QNAP TS-431P connected ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 cannot ping internet - two NICs
I'm currently having issues accessing the internet on my Ubuntu 18.04 server. The server has TWO NICs enabled. I can ping the default gateway and internal IPs, but I cannot ping any external IP. I ...
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Traceroute method to print the route that packets follow to a network host
Is there a particular traceroute method/options to print the route that packets follow to a network host, include showing the possible proxy servers and a network tap that installed on the link ...
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Linux Call Trace
I'm currently facing an issue where in the boot sequence the computer stops booting. This occurs randomly! It always gets stuck on the same place (below). I can't really understand what this is ...
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MTR installation and configuration file
I apologise in advance as this is probably lack of knowledge on my part. But for the life of me and even consulting the all knowing google and man pages / help pages. I can find out where MTR is ...