traceroute
traceroute is a Linux command in the Network category, rated intermediate difficulty. Traces the route packets take to reach a network host. The syntax is traceroute [options] host. Key options and parameters: host — destination host. It returns route path with hop times. A practical example: traceroute google.com traceroute -n host # Numeric (skip DNS) traceroute -m 30 host # Max 30 hops A close relative is ping, which tests network connectivity to a host by sending ICMP echo requests. A close relative is curl, which transfers data to/from a server using various protocols (HTTP, FTP, etc.). A close relative is wget, which downloads files from the internet. Supports recursive downloads. More about this category: Linux networking commands — ping, curl, wget, netstat, ss, ifconfig, and more. Configure and troubleshoot network connections. Related Network commands: ping, curl, wget, ifconfig, ip, ss, netstat, nslookup.