Traceroute response

1. What does a * * * Line in the traceroute response mean?
2. What does the output of traceroute show?
3. What is traceroute explanation?

What does a * * * Line in the traceroute response mean?

You might notice one or more lines of your traceroute output is listed only with an asterisk (*). This means that the program did not receive any response from the router at that hop.

What does the output of traceroute show?

The first line of the tracert output describes what the command is doing. It lists the destination system (example.com), destination IP address (10.10. 242.22), and the maximum number of hops that will be used in the traceroute (30).

What is traceroute explanation?

Traceroute is a command line utility that measures the speed and route data takes to a destination server. It works by sending several test packets of data to a specified destination address, and records each intermediate router or link passed by the data on it's journey.