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tcptraceroute can also be more useful sometimes, as it doesn't rely on ICMP for the probes. But mtr all the way.


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teddyh11/08/2024

  mtr --tcp
“Use TCP SYN packets instead of ICMP ECHO. PACKETSIZE is ignored, since SYN packets can not contain data.”