DGS-3312SR Stackable Gigabit Layer 3 Switch
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Layer 3 Feature
The Switch’s Layer 3 monitoring windows are described below.
Traceroute
The following window will aid the user in back tracing the route taken by a packet before arriving at the Switch. When
initiated, the Traceroute program will display the IP addresses of the previous hops a packet takes from the
Target IP
Address
entered in the window, until it reaches the Switch.
Figure 8- 25. Traceroute window
To trace the route of a packet, set the following parameters located in this window, and click
Star
t.
Parameter
Description
Target IP Address
Enter the IP address of the computer to be traced.
TTL
The time to live value of the trace route request. This is the maximum number of
routers the traceroute command will cross while seeking the network path between
two devices.
Port
The virtual port number. The port number must be above 1024.The value range is
from 30000 to 64900.
Timeout
Defines the time-out period while waiting for a response from the remote device.
The user may choose an entry between 1 and 65535 seconds.
Probe
The probe value is the number of times the Switch will send probe packets to the
next hop on the intended traceroute path. The default is 1.
