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Traceroute Sensor

The sensor can alert when the number of hops to the destination has changed

The sensor executes traceroute to host using ICMP Echo requests.

Parameters:
  • Timeout (ms) - timeout for each hop
  • Maximum hop count
Counters:
  • Hop Count
Alerts:
  • Number of hops has changed
  • Trace is incomplete

Traceroute - will be in the Warning state if trace can't be completed (target address is unreachable or maximum number of hops has been reached)

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