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aamircheema@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is this possible to identify intermediate nodes by using pin command
> olnly? Somebody told me that it is. Can anyone please elaborate how?

Yes, sort of.

You can ask for "route record" to be returned on the ping response
packet. Up to 9 nodes can be recorded, so if your target is more than 9
hops away, then you lose the record of some of the nodes.

See the ping(8) manpage for details...
-R Record route. Includes the RECORD_ROUTE option in
the ECHO_REQUEST packet and displays the route
buffer on returned packets. Note that the IP
header is only large enough for nine such routes.
Many hosts ignore or discard this option.


HTH
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Lew Pitcher

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