---
name: "traceroute6"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "iputils-tracepath"
version: "3:20020927-6"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux", "freebsd", "macos"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/traceroute6"
---

# traceroute6(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

**tracepath6** requires CAP\_NET\_RAWIO capability to be executed. It is safe to be used as set-uid root.

## AVAILABILITY

**traceroute6** is part of *iputils* package and the latest versions are  available in source form for anonymous ftp ftp://ftp.inr.ac.ru/ip-routing/iputils-current.tar.gz.