Huawei S1700 Series - Tracert

S1700 Managed Series Ethernet Switches
Web User Manual
11 Device Management
Issue 05 (2012-10-25)
Huawei Proprietary and Confidential
Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
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11.7.2 Tracert
Tracert is a utility program used to confirm the route that IP packet will take to access the
target. Tracert determines the route from a host to another host in the network by sending
ICMP error packets with time-to-live (TTL) values.
Click Device Management> Tools >Tracert, the configuration page is displayed as follows.
Figure 11-11 Tracert
Table 11-9 Parameters of Tracert
Item
Description
IP Address
Enter IP address which needs to do Tracert test.
TTL
Enter the lifetime of IP packets. Tracert determines the route by
incrementing the TTL value by 1 on each subsequent transmission until
the target responds, or reaches the maximum TTL value
Timeout
Enter the maximum response time of Tracert test. The test ignores the
responding from the target if the value is exceeded, then sends out the
next testing message.
Probe Times
Enter the value that is the retrying times after the failure of tracert test with the
same TTL value.
Implement Tracert Ping test
Step 1 Click Device Management> Tools.
Step 2 Click Tracert in tab.
Step 3 Enter target IP address to be tested in IP Address, and then click Start button to test route
from source address to destination address.
Step 4 The result will display in IPv4 Tracert Result field.
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