Command-line tool

scamper

brew/scamper

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Advanced traceroute and network measurement utility

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install scamper

Linux

brew install scamper

Execute the standard option (traceroute) to a destination

scamper -i 192.0.2.1

Execute two actions (ping and traceroute) on two different targets

scamper -I "ping 192.0.2.1" -I "trace 192.0.2.2"

Ping several hosts with UDP, use a specific port number for the first ping, and increase it for each subsequent ping

scamper -c "ping -P UDP-dport -d 33434" -i 192.0.2.1 -i 192.0.2.2

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