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Traceroute: Tracking Packets on IP Networks
21.10.2021
Wireless Netware Technology Ltd.
Making Progress in Troubleshooting
Following our introduction and demonstration of the workings of Ping on our MTCNA home lab network as the most basic network diagnostic tool, we bring you the more advanced troubleshooting utility of Traceroute.
Play the video below to learn more about this capable diagnostic command:
What Have We Covered?
In this video, after a brief introduction of Traceroute according to its reference pages on Wikipedia and MikroTik's Wiki, we discuss the notion of 'Hop' and hop count on wired computer networking, the traceroute window on WinBox, as well its Basic and Advanced features including:
Packet size and count;
Max hop limit;
Timeout limit;
Source address;
Out-interface; and
Routing tables.
New to Troubleshooting?
In case you're new to our troubleshooting tutorials, you may want to start at the very beginning by checking out our first two videos on Ping, readily available down below:
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