doc/manpages/mtracebis.rst

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   2 MTRACEBIS
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   4
   5 .. include:: defines.rst
   6 .. |PROGRAM| replace:: mtracebis
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   8 SYNOPSIS
   9 ========
  10 |PROGRAM| |synopsis-options-hv|
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  12 |PROGRAM| <multicast source>
  13
  14 DESCRIPTION
  15 ===========
  16 |PROGRAM| is a program to initiate multicast traceroute, or "mtrace", queries.
  17
  18 The initial version of the program requires multicast source IP address and
  19 initiates a weak traceroute across the network. This tests whether the
  20 interfaces towards the source are multicast enabled. The first query sent is a
  21 full query, capable of crossing the network all the way to the source. If this
  22 fails, hop-by-hop queries are initiated.
  23
  24 Hop-by-hop queries start by requesting only a response from the nearest router.
  25 Following that, next query is extended to the next two routers, and so on...
  26 until a set of routers is tested for connectivity.
  27
  28 FILES
  29 =====
  30
  31 |INSTALL_PREFIX_SBIN|/|PROGRAM|
  32    The default location of the |PROGRAM| binary.
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  34 .. include:: epilogue.rst
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  36 AUTHORS
  37 =======
  38
  39 Mladen Sablic