Another option (according to bug#586256) is decreasing package size via tracepath command line:
tracepath -l 1000 github.com 1: 192.168.1.1 1.550ms asymm 2 2: 178.126.128.1 68.094ms 3: mm-123-80-84-93.dynamic.pppoe.mgts.by 68.589ms 4: 10.240.8.129 68.310ms 5: core.10g.net.belpak.by 68.788ms 6: te2-4.l3-core-2.mck.net.belpak.by 69.150ms 7: po31.l3-gw-2.mck.net.belpak.by 83.705ms asymm 6 8: 83.229.241.121 110.549ms asymm 6 9: 83.229.226.101 93.560ms asymm 6 10: ae7.RT.MR.MSK.RU.retn.net 102.780ms asymm 6 11: xe000-8.RT.EQX.ASH.US.retn.net 230.745ms asymm 6 12: no reply 13: edge3.iad.rackspace.net 229.209ms asymm 6 14: vlan905.core5.iad2.rackspace.net 229.259ms asymm 6 15: aggr301a-1-core5.iad2.rackspace.net 230.991ms asymm 6 16: github.com 233.131ms reached Resume: pmtu 1000 hops 16 back 250 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-nettool in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/369993 Title: Traceroute in Network Tools not functioning -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs