IPv6 Routing Commands 821
traceroute ipv6
Use the traceroute ipv6 command in Privileged EXEC mode to discover the
routes that packets actually take when traveling to their destination through
the network on a hop-by-hop basis.
Syntax
traceroute ipv6 {
ip-address
|
hostname
}
[
port
]
•
ipv6-address
— Destination IPv6 address.
•
hostname
— Hostname to ping (contact). (Range: 1–158 characters)
•
port
— UDP port used as the destination of packets sent as part of the
traceroute. This port should be an unused port on the destination system.
(Range: 0–65535)
Default Configuration
33434 is the default port value.
Command Mode
Privileged EXEC mode
User Guidelines
This command has no user guidelines.
Example
The following example discovers the packet routes on a hop-by-hop basis.
console#traceroute ipv6 2020:1::1
Tracing route over a maximum of 20 hops
1 * N * N * N