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traceroute monitor

Syntax

traceroute monitor host <count value><inet | inet 6><interval seconds><no resolve><size value><source source-address> <summary>

Syntax (QFX Series)

traceroute monitor host <count value><inet><interval seconds><no resolve><size value><source source-address> <summary>

Release Information

Command introduced in Junos OS Release 8.0

Command introduced in Junos OS Release 11.1 for the QFX Series.

Description

Display live monitoring of each hop in the route that packets take to a specified network host. Use as a debugging tool to locate points of failure in a network.

Options

host

IP address or name of remote host.

count value

Number of ping requests, in packets, to send in summary mode. The default value is 10.

inet | inet6

(Optional) Trace the route belonging to IPv4 or IPv6, respectively.

interval seconds

(Optional) Number of seconds to wait before sending ping requests. The default value is 1.

no resolve

(Optional) Do not attempt to display addresses symbolically.

size value

(Optional) Receive the specified number of bytes for each packet. The range is 0 through 65468 bytes. The default value is 64.

source source-address

(Optional) Source address of the outgoing ping packets.

summary

(Optional) Generate and display a summary of live monitoring of each hop on the route that packets take to a specified network host.

Required Privilege Level

network

List of Sample Output

traceroute monitor

Output Fields

Table 1 describes the output fields for the traceroute monitor command. Output fields are listed in the approximate order in which they appear.

Table 1: traceroute monitor Output Fields

Field Name

Field Description

Host

Hostname or IP address of the router at each hop.

Loss%

Percent of packet loss. The number of ping responses divided by the number of ping requests, specified as a percentage.

Snt

Number of ping requests sent to the routerat this hop.

Last

Most recent round-trip time, in milliseconds, to the router at this hop.

Avg

Average round-trip time, in milliseconds, to the router at this hop.

Best

Shortest round-trip time, in milliseconds, to the router at this hop.

Wrst

Longest round-trip time, in milliseconds, to the router at this hop.

StDev

Standard deviation of round-trip times, in milliseconds, to the router at this hop.

Sample Output

traceroute monitor

user@host> traceroute monitor 10.16.0.1
                                     Loss%   Snt   Last   Avg  Best  Wrst StDev
Host 
1. 10.17.41.254                      0.0%    17    0.7   1.0   0.6   5.4   1.2 
2. secret.net                        0.0%    17    0.6   1.0   0.6   6.6   1.4
3. top-secret.net                    0.0%    17    0.6   0.6   0.6   0.6   0.0

Published: 2013-04-03

Published: 2013-04-03