Performing a trace

Trace Route allows you to trace a path from the RUCKUS device to an IPv4 host. Trace route requests show all responses to a minimum Time To Live (TTL) of 1 second and a maximum TTL of 30 seconds. In addition, if there are multiple equal-cost routes to the destination, the RUCKUS device displays up to three responses. To run a trace, perform the following steps.

  1. Click Command on the left pane and select Trace Route .

    The Trace Route window is displayed as shown in the figure below.

    Performing a trace

  2. Type the IP address of the host at the other end of the route in the Target Address field.
  3. Type the minimum value of TTL in the Minimum TTL field. The default is 1.
  4. Type the maximum value of TTL in the Maximum TTL field. The default is 30.
  5. Type the number of seconds the router waits for a reply from the pinged device in the Timeout (Sec) field.
  6. Select the Numeric check box so that, for parameters that require a numeric value, the trace route does not check that the value you enter is within the allowed range. Instead, if you do exceed the range for a numeric value, the software rounds the value to the nearest valid value.
  7. Click Start to begin the trace process or click Abort to exit without performing the trace.

Parent topic: Basic Device Commands