able to ping all hosts but not able to traceroute any host Post: 302571128

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inetutils-traceroute

TRACEROUTE(1)							   User Commands						     TRACEROUTE(1)

NAME

       traceroute - Trace the route to a host

SYNOPSIS

       traceroute [OPTION...] HOST

DESCRIPTION

       Print the route packets trace to network host.

       -M, --type=METHOD
	      use METHOD (`icmp' or `udp') for traceroute operations

       -p, --port=PORT
	      use destination PORT port (default: 33434)

       -q, --tries=NUM
	      send NUM probe packets per hop (default: 3)

       --resolve-hostnames
	      resolve hostnames

       -?, --help
	      give this help list

       --usage
	      give a short usage message

       -V, --version
	      print program version

       Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.

AUTHOR

       Written by Elian Gidoni.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-inetutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

       The  full  documentation  for  traceroute is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and traceroute programs are properly installed at
       your site, the command

	      info traceroute

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU inetutils 1.9						   December 2011						     TRACEROUTE(1)