Re: tracing route

[Robert Waldner <Waldner@KPNQwest.at>]

On Sun, 18 Jun 2000 13:03:45 +0200, Mirek Kwasniak writes:
>Also ping has option -R to some interesting route analysis but this don't
>works now. Is it a problem with my router blocking this feature or doesn't
>current kernel support it?

I don´t know about the kernel, but in general:

ping -Rv is expecially useful if
- you want to trace asymmetric routes
- there´s a firewall inbetween which filters traceroute´s udp-packets

jfyi,
&rw
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