How to use Traceroute with IPv6

How to use Traceroute with IPv6 addresses.

Traceroute works with IPv6 addresses, but you need to change the command:

  • For Mac or Linux systems, use traceroute6 [IPv6 address] to use traceroute with IPv6 addresses.
  • For Windows systems, use tracert -6 [IPv6 address] to use traceroute with IPv6.

Replace [IPv6 address] with the IPv6 address of the domain.

For example:

traceroute6 2001:db8::10

The results of this command will be:

traceroute to 2001:db8::10
     1 hop min, 30 hops max, 5 sec. timeout, 3 probes
1 2001:db8::a:1c:e3:3           0 ms   0 ms   0 ms
2 2001:db8:0:7::5               7 ms   3 ms   0 ms
3 2001:db8::214:c2ff:fe4c:e480  0 ms   1 ms   0 ms
4 2001:db8::10                  0 ms   1 ms   0 ms
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