Windows tracert
All Windows versions that come with TCP/IP support include a tracert
command, which is a simple traceroute client that uses ICMP probes. The (few) options are slightly different from the Unix variants of traceroute. In short, -d
is used to suppress address-to-name resolution ( -n
in Unix traceroute), -h
specifies the maximum hopcount ( -m
in the Unix version), -j
is used to specify loose source routes ( -g
in Unix), and although the same -w
option is used to specify the timeout, tracert
interprets it in milliseconds, while in Unix it is specified in seconds.
References
- "Tracert", Windows XP Professional Product Documentation, http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/tracert.mspx
– Main.SimonLeinen - 26 Feb 2006