Traceroute

[Oweirdone]

In Windows there is a command, as you probably know, called tracert <ip address> that logs the different gateways etc and can be used to help identify a connection issue. I have tried to google the Linux alternative but I was unable to understand any of it :\

Is it possible to have an explanation of how to use in laymans terms please?

Many thanks

Owe.

[steeldriver]

Yes traceroute has a lot of options, but at its simplest you can use it exactly the same as Windows tracert i.e.

traceroute <ipaddress>

However iirc traceroute is no longer installed by default - if you don't want to install it you can use tracepath instead

tracepath <ipaddress>

You can use man tracepath to find out more

[Oweirdone]

Many thanks, this did exactly what I wanted it to

[tripp98]

mtr <ip address> is also a great tool