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IP Recording The source records the router's IP address and round-trip time (RTT) for each hop.

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Packet Emission Traceroute sends packets with incrementing Time-to-Live (TTL) values to trace the path.

IP Recording The source records the router's IP address and round-trip time (RTT) for each hop.

TTL Decrement Each router decrements the TTL by 1. A TTL of 0 triggers an ICMP Time Exceeded message back to the source.

How Traceroute Operates: TTL and ICMP

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