Use the Traceroute Web page to view the full connection path between your site and another network address. The traceroute command tracks how IP packets move through the gateways that connect the Avaya server network hardware. To trace the IP packet route, the traceroute command launches short-lived probe packets in the connection path and then listens for a time exceeded reply from a gateway.
Use the traceroute command to evaluate the hops taken between the links in your TCP/IP network. Hops are short, individual trips that packets take from one router to another on the route to their destinations.