Question

A) explain how traceroute works. assume in this traceroute the host is at least 9 hops away.

b) explain the meaning of flow control in routing?

Answer 1

30 hops
By default, the upper limit is 30 hops, but a different value can be specified when the command is run. When finished, traceroute prints all the hops in the path, along with the amount of time it took to each hop and back (this is known as the Round Trip Time