---
name: "traceroute6.iputils"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "iputils-tracepath"
version: "3:20210202-1"
release: "Debian 11 (Bullseye)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/traceroute6.iputils"
---

# traceroute6.iputils(8)

traces path to a network host

## NAME

traceroute6 - traces path to a network host

## SYNOPSIS

**traceroute6** \[**-dnrvV**\] \[**-i** *interface*\] \[**-m** *max\_ttl*\] \[**-p** *port*\] \[**-q** *max\_probes*\] \[**-s** *source*\] \[**-w** *wait time*\] {destination} \[size\]

## DESCRIPTION

Description can be found in [**traceroute**(8)](/traceroute/8.md), all the references to IP replaced to IPv6. It is needless to copy the description from there.

## SEE ALSO

[**traceroute**(8)](/traceroute/8.md), [**tracepath**(8)](/tracepath/8.md), [**ping**(8)](/ping/8.md).

## HISTORY

This program has long history. Author of **traceroute** is Van Jacobson and it first appeared in 1988. This clone is based on a port of **traceroute** to IPv6 published in NRL IPv6 distribution in 1996. In turn, it was ported to Linux by Pedro Roque. After this it was kept in sync by Alexey Kuznetsov \<kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru\>. And eventually entered **iputils** package.

## SECURITY

**traceroute6** requires CAP\_NET\_RAW capability to be executed. It is safe to be used as set-uid root.

## AVAILABILITY

**traceroute6** is part of *iputils* package.