How do I find the path that a packet takes to its destination?

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Ramchandra Sawant · Answer

In IP NW, Pkt goes hop by hop and finally reaches its destination. commands to find the path are as below...

1. tracert

2. traceroute ipv62001:db8:349e:a384::34

Other variants can be selection of the pkt size, host name resolution for the path over which pkt traversed.

Rahamathulla Abdul Rahim · Answer

Using “tracert” command lets you see the path travelled by a packet to its destination.

mohammad nuralhassan · Answer

Trace route is also very imp to fine the hops, on which path packet is forwarding

Zain Tariq · Answer

Send a ping to the destination ip, that will confirm if the packet reaches the desired path or failed