Tektronix MTS400 Series, Quick Start User Manual

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Installation
Tracing the route of TCP/IP packets.
Sometimes it is helpful to know how far your packets made it on the way to a destination machine and which devices the packets
pass through on the way. The utility that provides this functionality is tracert.exe. Tracert can also indicate a congested point
in the network. To run tracert, use the following procedure:
1. Select Run from the Start menu. The
Run dialog box appears.
2. Type one of the following into the Run
text box:
tracert machineName
tracert IPaddress
In the examples, machineName and
IPaddress represent the host machine
name and IP address, respectively, of
the networked device you are trying to
reach.
3. Click OK .
A DOS window indicates the progress
of your packets. The far right column
indicates the IP address of the nodes
on the network that successfully pass
your tracert packets. This information
indicates the last good node on the path
to the destination device.
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