traceroute for path tracing in Linux CLI - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the command to trace the path to example.com.

Linux CLI

traceroute [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Atracepath

B-n

Cexample.com

Dping

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using ping instead of traceroute.

Using options like -n without specifying the destination.

Using tracepath which is a different command.

The traceroute command followed by the destination domain (example.com) traces the path packets take to reach it.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the command to run traceroute without resolving hostnames.

Linux CLI

traceroute [1] example.com

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-n

B-q 3

C-m 5

D-w 2

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using -q which changes the number of queries per hop.

Using -m which sets max hops.

Using -w which sets timeout.

The -n option tells traceroute to skip DNS lookups and show IP addresses only.

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hard

Fix the error in the command to limit traceroute to 5 hops.

Linux CLI

traceroute [1] 5 example.com

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-n

B-m

C-q

D-w

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using -n which disables hostname resolution.

Using -q which sets number of queries per hop.

Using -w which sets timeout.

The -m option sets the maximum number of hops traceroute will probe.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to run traceroute with 2 queries per hop and a timeout of 1 second.

Linux CLI

traceroute [1] 2 [2] 1 example.com

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-q

B-n

C-w

D-m

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Mixing up -q and -w options.

Using -n which disables hostname resolution.

Using -m which limits max hops.

The -q option sets the number of queries per hop, and -w sets the timeout in seconds.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to run traceroute with max hops 10, 3 queries per hop, and no hostname resolution.

Linux CLI

traceroute [1] 10 [2] 3 [3] example.com

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-n

B-q

C-m

D-w

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using -w instead of -n to disable hostname resolution.

Mixing the order of options.

Using options without values.

The -m option sets max hops, -q sets queries per hop, and -n disables hostname resolution.