Traceroute for Inactive Interface

Traceroute is a tool for displaying the route taken by a packet from an IP network on their way to a given host. When a traceroute is performed the packets are always sent out of the interface that is the NH for the active route and there is no option to bypass it.

When a traceroute is performed, packets are sent out of active interface even if we specify an inactive interface. You can configure traceroute to send out packets through an inactive next-hop by specifying the traceroute next-hop address to a destination through an inactive next hop.