Netgear M6100 – Campus Edge and SMB Core Chassis Switches User Guide

To configure the Traceroute settings and send probe packets to discover the route to a host 
on the network:

Use IP Address/Hostname to enter the IP address or Hostname of the station you want 

the switch to discover a path. The default value is blank. 

Enter the number of Probes Per Hop. The default value is 3. The range is 1 to 10. 

Enter the Maximum TTL for the destination. The default value is 30. The range is 1 to 255. 

Enter the Initial TTL to be used. The default value is 1. The range is 1 to 255.

Enter the Maximum Failures allowed in the session. The default value is 5. The range is 1 

to 255. 

 - Enter the Time between probes in seconds. The default value is 3. The 

range is 1 to 60. 

Enter the UDP Destination Port in probe packets. The default value is 33434. The range is 

1- 65535. 

Enter the Size of the probe packets. The default value is 0. The range is 0 to 39936. 

Enter the Source IP address or interface to use when sending the echo request packets. If 

source is not required, select None as the source option. Possible values are:

None

 

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  The source address of the ping packet would be the address of the default 

outgoing interface.

IP Address

 

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  The source IP address to use when sending the Echo request packets. 

This field is shown when IP Address is selected as the source option.

Interface

 

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  The interface to use when sending the Echo request packets. This field is 

shown when Interface is selected as the source option.