Traceroute

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Hello Ajmal

By default, the traceroute command will only trace a path up to 30 hops away. If the destination is more than 30 hops, it will simply stop at 30. In your above output, if you let it continue, it would stop by itself at 30. This is because most destinations on the Internet will most likely not be more than 30 hops away. You can change this parameter to a value up to 255 by using the -h option in the Windows command prompt:

C:\Users\user>tracert

Usage: tracert [-d] [-h maximum_hops] [-j host-list] [-w timeout]
               [-R] [-S srcaddr] [-4] [-6] target_name

Options:
    -d                 Do not resolve addresses to hostnames.
    -h maximum_hops    Maximum number of hops to search for target.
    -j host-list       Loose source route along host-list (IPv4-only).
    -w timeout         Wait timeout milliseconds for each reply.
    -R                 Trace round-trip path (IPv6-only).
    -S srcaddr         Source address to use (IPv6-only).
    -4                 Force using IPv4.
    -6                 Force using IPv6.

Take a look at this post for this explanation:

I hope this has been helpful!

Laz

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