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CLI Magic: Introduction to traceroute

Monday, April 18 2005 @ 06:15 PM EDT
Contributed by: glosser

Linux.com presents the next tutorial in their Command Line Interface series. This time, it's on the handy utility "traceroute".
How can you possibly follow the path a packet takes to get from your computer to another one in the maze of networks that make up the Internet? Surprisingly, it's easy, even for a complete beginner. Just visit your friendly command line and use the traceroute command.

Traceroute allows you to view the path between your host and any other host connected to the Internet. Here's an example. Enter the following at the CLI:
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