traceroute6

Print the route IPv6 packets take to the destination

Syntax:

traceroute6 [-dlnrv] [-f firsthop] [-g gateway] [-m hoplimit] 
            [-p port] [-q probes] [-s src] [-w waittime] 
            target [datalen]

Options:

-d

Enable debugging.

-f firsthop

Specify how many hops to skip in the trace.

-g gateway

Specify the intermediate gateway (traceroute6 uses the routing header).

-l

Print both the host hostnames and numeric addresses (normally, only hostnames are printed; or, if -n is specified, only numeric addresses).

-m hoplimit

Specify the maximum hoplimit.

-n

Don't resolve the numeric address to a hostname.

-p port

Set the UDP port number to port.

-q probes

Set the number of probes per hop count to probes.

-r

Bypass the normal routing tables and send directly to a host on an attached network. If the host isn't on a directly attached network, an error is returned. You can use this option to "ping" a local host through an interface that has no route through it (for example, after the interface was dropped by routed).

-s src

Use this source IPv6 address.

-v

Be verbose.

-w waittime

Specify the delay time between probes.

target

The destination hostname or IP number.

datalen

Increase the packet size by this amount. By default, the size is zero and no data is sent.

Description:

This utility prints the route that the IPv6 packets take to the destination.

Exit status:

0

Successful completion.

Nonzero

An error occurred.

See also:

ping, ping6, traceroute