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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] traceroute not working
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On 2013-02-22 12:18 PM, Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Unix traceroute normally operates by sending UDP packets to
> high-numbered ports with successively larger TTL values. You'll need
> to make sure you are allowing outbound UDP traffic as well.

Thanks guys - I had forgotten about this (haven't used it in a while)...

I forgot that I had to specify -I to designate using ICMP protocol...

duh...

Sorry for the noise...

Now to pose the real question I have (the reason I needed to use 
traceroute in the first place) in a new thread...