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1.\" $KAME: traceroute6.8,v 1.10 2004/06/06 12:35:15 suz Exp $
2.\"
3.\" Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998 WIDE Project.
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30.\" $FreeBSD: head/usr.sbin/traceroute6/traceroute6.8 130268 2004-06-09 12:45:51Z dwmalone $
30.\" $FreeBSD: head/usr.sbin/traceroute6/traceroute6.8 131754 2004-07-07 19:57:16Z ru $
31.\"
32.Dd May 17, 1998
33.Dt TRACEROUTE6 8
34.Os
35.\"
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm traceroute6
38.Nd "print the route IPv6 packets will take to a network node"
39.\"
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.Nm
42.Bk -words
43.Op Fl dIlnrv
44.Ek
45.Bk -words
46.Op Fl f Ar firsthop
47.Ek
48.Bk -words
49.Op Fl g Ar gateway
50.Ek
51.Bk -words
52.Op Fl m Ar hoplimit
53.Ek
54.Bk -words
55.Op Fl p Ar port
56.Ek
57.Bk -words
58.Op Fl q Ar probes
59.Ek
60.Bk -words
61.Op Fl s Ar src
62.Ek
63.Bk -words
64.Op Fl w Ar waittime
65.Ek
66.Bk -words
67.Ar target
68.Op Ar datalen
69.Ek
70.\"
71.Sh DESCRIPTION
31.\"
32.Dd May 17, 1998
33.Dt TRACEROUTE6 8
34.Os
35.\"
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm traceroute6
38.Nd "print the route IPv6 packets will take to a network node"
39.\"
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.Nm
42.Bk -words
43.Op Fl dIlnrv
44.Ek
45.Bk -words
46.Op Fl f Ar firsthop
47.Ek
48.Bk -words
49.Op Fl g Ar gateway
50.Ek
51.Bk -words
52.Op Fl m Ar hoplimit
53.Ek
54.Bk -words
55.Op Fl p Ar port
56.Ek
57.Bk -words
58.Op Fl q Ar probes
59.Ek
60.Bk -words
61.Op Fl s Ar src
62.Ek
63.Bk -words
64.Op Fl w Ar waittime
65.Ek
66.Bk -words
67.Ar target
68.Op Ar datalen
69.Ek
70.\"
71.Sh DESCRIPTION
72The
72.Nm
73.Nm
74utility
73uses the IPv6 protocol hop limit field to elicit an ICMPv6 TIME_EXCEEDED
74response from each gateway along the path to some host.
75.Pp
76The only mandatory parameter is the destination host name or IPv6 address.
77The default probe datagram carries 12 bytes of payload,
78in addition to the IPv6 header.
75uses the IPv6 protocol hop limit field to elicit an ICMPv6 TIME_EXCEEDED
76response from each gateway along the path to some host.
77.Pp
78The only mandatory parameter is the destination host name or IPv6 address.
79The default probe datagram carries 12 bytes of payload,
80in addition to the IPv6 header.
79The size of the payload can be specified by giving a length
80.Po in bytes
81.Pc
82after the destination host name.
81The size of the payload can be specified by giving a length
82(in bytes)
83after the destination host name.
83.Pp
84Other options are:
85.Bl -tag -width Ds
86.It Fl d
87Debug mode.
88.It Fl f Ar firsthop
89Specify how many hops to skip in trace.
90.It Fl g Ar gateway
91Specify intermediate gateway
92.Nm (
93uses routing header).
94.It Fl I
95Use ICMP6 ECHO instead of UDP datagrams.
96.It Fl l
97Print both host hostnames and numeric addresses.
98Normally
99.Nm
100prints only hostnames if
101.It Fl m Ar hoplimit
102Specify maximum hoplimit, up to 255.
103The default is 30 hops.
104.Fl n
105is not specified, and only numeric addresses if
106.Fl n
107is specified.
108.It Fl n
109Do not resolve numeric address to hostname.
110.It Fl p Ar port
111Set UDP port number to
112.Ar port .
113.It Fl q Ar probes
114Set the number of probe per hop count to
115.Ar probes .
116.It Fl r
117.It Fl s Ar src
118.Ar Src
119specifies the source IPv6 address to be used.
120.It Fl v
121Be verbose.
122.It Fl w Ar waittime
123Specify the delay time between probes.
124.El
125.Pp
84.Pp
85Other options are:
86.Bl -tag -width Ds
87.It Fl d
88Debug mode.
89.It Fl f Ar firsthop
90Specify how many hops to skip in trace.
91.It Fl g Ar gateway
92Specify intermediate gateway
93.Nm (
94uses routing header).
95.It Fl I
96Use ICMP6 ECHO instead of UDP datagrams.
97.It Fl l
98Print both host hostnames and numeric addresses.
99Normally
100.Nm
101prints only hostnames if
102.It Fl m Ar hoplimit
103Specify maximum hoplimit, up to 255.
104The default is 30 hops.
105.Fl n
106is not specified, and only numeric addresses if
107.Fl n
108is specified.
109.It Fl n
110Do not resolve numeric address to hostname.
111.It Fl p Ar port
112Set UDP port number to
113.Ar port .
114.It Fl q Ar probes
115Set the number of probe per hop count to
116.Ar probes .
117.It Fl r
118.It Fl s Ar src
119.Ar Src
120specifies the source IPv6 address to be used.
121.It Fl v
122Be verbose.
123.It Fl w Ar waittime
124Specify the delay time between probes.
125.El
126.Pp
126This program prints the route to the given destination and the round-trip
127This program prints the route to the given destination and the round-trip
127time to each gateway, in the same manner as traceroute.
128.Pp
129Here is a list of possible annotations after the round-trip time for each gateway:
128time to each gateway, in the same manner as traceroute.
129.Pp
130Here is a list of possible annotations after the round-trip time for each gateway:
130.Pp
131.Bl -hang -offset indent
131.Bl -hang -offset indent
132.It !N
132.It !N
133Destination Unreachable - No Route to Host.
133Destination Unreachable - No Route to Host.
134.It !P
134.It !P
135Destination Unreachable - Administratively Prohibited.
135Destination Unreachable - Administratively Prohibited.
136.It !S
136.It !S
137Destination Unreachable - Not a Neighbour.
137Destination Unreachable - Not a Neighbour.
138.It !A
138.It !A
139Destination Unreachable - Address Unreachable.
139Destination Unreachable - Address Unreachable.
140.It !
140.It !\&
141This is printed if the hop limit is <= 1 on a port unreachable message.
142This means that the packet got to the destination,
143but that the reply had a hop limit that was just large enough to
144allow it to get back to the source of the traceroute6.
145This was more interesting in the IPv4 case,
146where some IP stack bugs could be identified by this behaviour.
147.El
148.\"
149.Sh RETURN VALUES
150The
151.Nm
152utility will exit with 0 on success, and non-zero on errors.
153.\"
154.Sh SEE ALSO
155.Xr ping 8 ,
156.Xr ping6 8 ,
157.Xr traceroute 8
158.\"
159.Sh HISTORY
160The
161.Nm
162utility first appeared in WIDE hydrangea IPv6 protocol stack kit.
141This is printed if the hop limit is <= 1 on a port unreachable message.
142This means that the packet got to the destination,
143but that the reply had a hop limit that was just large enough to
144allow it to get back to the source of the traceroute6.
145This was more interesting in the IPv4 case,
146where some IP stack bugs could be identified by this behaviour.
147.El
148.\"
149.Sh RETURN VALUES
150The
151.Nm
152utility will exit with 0 on success, and non-zero on errors.
153.\"
154.Sh SEE ALSO
155.Xr ping 8 ,
156.Xr ping6 8 ,
157.Xr traceroute 8
158.\"
159.Sh HISTORY
160The
161.Nm
162utility first appeared in WIDE hydrangea IPv6 protocol stack kit.