Re: question concerning traceroute?

[Jared Mauch <jared () puck Nether net>]

On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 10:58:03AM -0400, alex () yuriev com wrote:
> > alex () yuriev com wrote:
> >
> >
> > > > According to definition, is should take the same path, but are there any
> > > > other cases that I should be aware of?
> > >
> > > According to the definition, it is going to show you the path the packets
> > > took from you to the destination, not from the destination back.
> >
> > Unless you did "- g",
>
> Not correct. -g specifies loose source routing on the way *there*, not back.

        Alex,

        I think the intention was to indicate that you can
traceroute -g <remote-router-before-host> <your-local-ip>

        to get the path to and back.  -g requires an argument obviously..

        - Jared


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