Command-line tool

tcptraceroute

brew/tcptraceroute

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Traceroute implementation using TCP packets

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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 tcptraceroute

Linux

brew install tcptraceroute

Trace the route to a host

tcptraceroute host

Specify the destination port and packet length in bytes

tcptraceroute host destination_port packet_length

Specify the local source port and source address

tcptraceroute host -p source_port -s source_address

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