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How do I find the path that a packet takes to its destination?

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Question added by SYED RAJA WAQAR HUSSAIN SHAH SYED ASHFAQUE HUSSAIN SHAH , NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR , SHUJABAD GROUP OF INDUSTRIES (Pvt) Ltd: Multan
Date Posted: 2016/02/02
Ramchandra Sawant
by Ramchandra Sawant , Principal Sales Consultant , Oracle

In IP NW, Pkt goes hop by hop and finally reaches its destination. commands to find the path are as below...

1. tracert <IP v4 Address>

2. traceroute ipv62001:db8:349e:a384::34

Other variants can be selection of the pkt size, host name resolution for the path over which pkt traversed.

Rahamathulla Abdul Rahim
by Rahamathulla Abdul Rahim , System Administrator, Infrastructure Specialist , Arab Open University

Using “tracert” command lets you see the path travelled by a packet to its destination.

mohammad nuralhassan
by mohammad nuralhassan , Packet core Engineer , huawei telecommunication pvt ltd

Trace route is also very imp to fine the hops, on which path  packet is forwarding

Zain Tariq
by Zain Tariq , Investigation officer , Mobilink PMCL

Send a ping to the destination ip, that will confirm if the packet reaches the desired path or failed

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