At 01:02 PM 4/14/01 -1000, Gerald Jones wrote the following:
>Does anyone know where I can found documentation for the "Tracert" command
>in Windows? I would like to know:
>
>1. It's purpose
>2. what the different information in columns mean
>3. any other useful information
Windows tracert is an MS attempt to duplicate the function of UNIX traceroute.
Tracert attempts to trace the route an IP packet would follow to some
internet host by launching UDP (User Datagram Protocol) probe packets with a
small TTL (time to live) then listening for an ICMP (Internet Control
Message Protocol) "time exceeded" reply from a gateway.
Tracert is best used to get a list of sites handling e-mail between you and
each of the host domains that Message Transport Agents (MTAs) use to route
e-mail. Ideally tracert should be from your e-mail host to the site that
sent you e-mail. The last entry in the results list should be the host
domain you're querying. The next-to-last should be the ISP (Internet Service
Provider) for the queried host domain. The second-to-last entry should be
the ISP for the next-to-last ISP and so forth.
The format of the Windows tracert command is:
hop count - round trip time for each packet (usually three are sent) -
gateway name (if one) - [gateway IP address]
Using TRACERT to Troubleshoot TCP/IP Problems in Windows NT
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q162/3/26.asp
some UNIX man pages of traceroute
http://www.arachnaut.org/service/traceroute.html
http://www.bris.ac.uk/is/services/networks/utilities/traceroute.html
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