question concerning traceroute?

Thu Oct 17 14:56:59 UTC 2002

On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 10:58:03AM -0400, alex at yuriev.com wrote:
> 
> > alex at 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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