ICMP & Traceroute

Visualize how Traceroute leverages the IP Time-To-Live (TTL) field and ICMP "Time Exceeded" messages to map network paths hop-by-hop.

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PC

192.168.1.10

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Router 1

10.0.0.1

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Router 2

172.16.0.1

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Router 3

203.0.113.1

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Server

8.8.8.8

Client Terminal

user@pc:~$

Network Event Log

[System] Network ready.