Global Commands
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traceroute
Syntax traceroute {ip-address | dns-name} [ttl ttl] [wait milliseconds] [no-dns] [source ip-address] 
[tos type-of-service] [router router-instance]
Context <GLOBAL>
Description The TCP/IP traceroute utility determines the route to a destination address. Note that aborting a tra-
ceroute with the <Ctrl-C> command could require issuing a second <Ctrl-C> command before the 
prompt is returned.
A:ALA-1# traceroute 192.168.xx.xx4
traceroute to 192.168.xx.xx4, 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
 1  192.168.xx.xx4 0.000 ms  0.000 ms  0.000 ms
A:ALA-1#
Parameters ip-address | dns-name — The remote address to traceroute. The IP address or the DNS name (if DNS 
name resolution is configured) can be specified.
Values ipv4-address  a.b.c.d
dns-name 128 characters maximum
ttl ttl — The maximum Time-To-Live (TTL) value to include in the traceroute request, expressed as a 
decimal integer.
Values 1 — 255
wait milliseconds — The time in milliseconds to wait for a response to a probe, expressed as a 
decimal integer.
Default 5000
Values 1 — 60000
no-dns — When the no-dns keyword is specified, a DNS lookup for the specified host name will not 
be performed.
Default DNS lookups are performed
source ip-address — The source IP address to use as the source of the probe packets in dotted 
decimal notation. If the IP address is not one of the device’s interfaces, an error is returned.
tos type-of-service — The type-of-service (TOS) bits in the IP header of the probe packets, expressed 
as a decimal integer.
Values 0 — 255
router router-instance — Specifies the router name or service ID.
Values router-name: Base, management
service-id:  1 — 2147483647
Default Base