traceproto

Another traceroute variant which allows different protocols and port to be used. "It currently supports tcp, udp, and icmp traces with the possibility of others in the future." It comes with a wrapper script called HopWatcher, which can be used to quickly detect when a path has changed -

Example

142:/home/andreu# traceproto www.cisco.com
traceproto: trace to www.cisco.com (198.133.219.25), port 80
ttl  1:  ICMP Time Exceeded from 129.renater.fr (193.49.159.129)
        6.7040 ms       0.28100 ms      0.28600 ms
ttl  2:  ICMP Time Exceeded from gw1-renater.renater.fr (193.49.159.249)
        0.16900 ms      6.0140 ms       0.25500 ms
ttl  3:  ICMP Time Exceeded from nri-a-g13-0-50.cssi.renater.fr (193.51.182.6)
        6.8280 ms       0.58200 ms      0.52100 ms
ttl  4:  ICMP Time Exceeded from 193.51.185.1 (193.51.185.1)
        6.6400 ms       7.4230 ms       6.7690 ms
ttl  5:  ICMP Time Exceeded from PO11-0.pascr1.Paris.opentransit.net (193.251.241.97)
        0.58100 ms      0.64100 ms      0.54700 ms
ttl  6:  ICMP Time Exceeded from level3-1.GW.opentransit.net (193.251.240.214)
        6.9390 ms       0.62200 ms      6.8990 ms
ttl  7:  ICMP Time Exceeded from ae-0-17.mp1.Paris1.Level3.net (212.73.240.97)
        7.0790 ms       7.0250 ms       0.79400 ms
ttl  8:  ICMP Time Exceeded from so-1-0-0.bbr2.London2.Level3.net (212.187.128.42)
        10.362 ms       10.100 ms       16.384 ms
ttl  9:  ICMP Time Exceeded from as-0-0.bbr1.NewYork1.Level3.net (4.68.128.106)
        109.93 ms       78.367 ms       80.352 ms
ttl  10:  ICMP Time Exceeded from as-0-0.bbr1.SanJose1.Level3.net (64.159.1.133)
        156.61 ms       179.35 ms
          ICMP Time Exceeded from ae-0-0.bbr2.SanJose1.Level3.net (64.159.1.130)
        148.04 ms
ttl  11:  ICMP Time Exceeded from ge-7-0.ipcolo1.SanJose1.Level3.net (4.68.123.9)
        153.59 ms
         ICMP Time Exceeded from ge-11-0.ipcolo1.SanJose1.Level3.net (4.68.123.41)
        142.50 ms
         ICMP Time Exceeded from ge-7-1.ipcolo1.SanJose1.Level3.net (4.68.123.73)
        133.66 ms
ttl  12:  ICMP Time Exceeded from p1-0.cisco.bbnplanet.net (4.0.26.14)
        150.13 ms       191.24 ms       156.89 ms
ttl  13:  ICMP Time Exceeded from sjck-dmzbb-gw1.cisco.com (128.107.239.9)
        141.47 ms       147.98 ms       158.12 ms
ttl  14:  ICMP Time Exceeded from sjck-dmzdc-gw2.cisco.com (128.107.224.77)
        188.85 ms       148.17 ms       152.99 ms
ttl  15:no response     no response     

hop :  min   /  ave   /  max   :  # packets  :  # lost
      -------------------------------------------------------
  1 : 0.28100 / 2.4237 / 6.7040 :   3 packets :   0 lost
  2 : 0.16900 / 2.1460 / 6.0140 :   3 packets :   0 lost
  3 : 0.52100 / 2.6437 / 6.8280 :   3 packets :   0 lost
  4 : 6.6400 / 6.9440 / 7.4230 :   3 packets :   0 lost
  5 : 0.54700 / 0.58967 / 0.64100 :   3 packets :   0 lost
  6 : 0.62200 / 4.8200 / 6.9390 :   3 packets :   0 lost
  7 : 0.79400 / 4.9660 / 7.0790 :   3 packets :   0 lost
  8 : 10.100 / 12.282 / 16.384 :   3 packets :   0 lost
  9 : 78.367 / 89.550 / 109.93 :   3 packets :   0 lost
 10 : 148.04 / 161.33 / 179.35 :   3 packets :   0 lost
 11 : 133.66 / 143.25 / 153.59 :   3 packets :   0 lost
 12 : 150.13 / 166.09 / 191.24 :   3 packets :   0 lost
 13 : 141.47 / 149.19 / 158.12 :   3 packets :   0 lost
 14 : 148.17 / 163.34 / 188.85 :   3 packets :   0 lost
 15 : 0.0000 / 0.0000 / 0.0000 :   0 packets :   2 lost
     ------------------------Total--------------------------
total 0.0000 / 60.540 / 191.24 :  42 packets :   2 lost

References

• http://traceproto.sourceforge.net/
• Debian package: traceproto - traceroute replacement that supports TCP, UDP, and ICMP

-- FrancoisXavierAndreu & SimonMuyal - 06 Jun 2005