How to read Traceroute results
How to read Traceresults results.
When you run
traceroute
, it will return a table that contains the round trip time of the 3 packets in each hop. There are 5 columns in a
traceroute
result:
- Hop number- This is the first column that show the number of hop along the route to the target.
- Round trip time- This is the second, third and fourth column that shows the time it takes for the round trip time of the 3 packets. By default,
traceroute
sends 3 packets. - IP Address- This is the fifth column that shows the IP address of the router.