LFCS · Question #100
Which of the following programs can be used to determine the routing path to a given destination?
The correct answer is E. traceroute. The traceroute utility precisely identifies the sequence of routers (hops) that network packets traverse to reach a specified destination.
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- Adig
- Bnetstat
- Cping
- Droute
- Etraceroute
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The `traceroute` utility precisely identifies the sequence of routers (hops) that network packets traverse to reach a specified destination.
The `dig` command is a DNS lookup utility and does not determine network routing paths.
The `netstat` command displays network connections, routing tables, and interface statistics on the local machine but does not map the path to a remote host.
The `ping` command tests reachability to a host and measures round-trip time but does not show the intermediate hops along the path.
The `route` command displays or modifies the IP routing table on the local system but does not trace the path packets take to a destination.
The `traceroute` command explicitly shows the path packets take to a network host, listing each router (hop) along with latency measurements, which is its primary function for determining the routing path.
Concept tested: Network path discovery
Source: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/traceroute.8.html
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