NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     traceroute6 -- print the route IPv6 packets will take to the destination

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     traceroute6 [-dIlnrv] [-f firsthop] [-g gateway] [-m hoplimit] [-p port]
		 [-q probes] [-s src] [-w waittime] target [datalen]

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     -d      Debug mode.

     -f firsthop
	     Specify how many hops to skip in trace.

     -g gateway
	     Specify intermediate gateway (traceroute6 uses routing header).

     -I      Use ICMP6 ECHO instead of UDP datagrams.

     -l      Print both host hostnames and numeric addresses.  Normally
	     traceroute6 prints only hostnames if

     -m hoplimit
	     Specify maximum hoplimit.	-n is not specified, and only numeric
	     addresses if -n is specified.

     -n      Do not resolve numeric address to hostname.

     -p port
	     Set UDP port number to port.

     -q probes
	     Set the number of probe per hop count to probes.

     -r

     -s src  Src specifies the source IPv6 address to be used.

     -v      Be verbose.

     -w waittime
	     Specify the delay time between probes.

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     The traceroute6 command will exit with 0 on success, and non-zero on
     errors.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     ping(8), ping6(8), traceroute(8)

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The traceroute6 command first appeared in WIDE hydrangea IPv6 protocol
     stack kit.


FreeBSD 5.2.1			 May 17, 1998			 FreeBSD 5.2.1