Explain the working of traceroute

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Traceroute is a network diagnostic tool used to track the path packets take from one networked device to another.

Traceroute sends out packets with increasing TTL values to map the path to the destination.
Each router along the path decrements the TTL and sends back an ICMP Time Exceeded message.
The sender records the IP address of each router to trace the route taken by the packets.
Traceroute helps identify network issues like high latency or packet loss.
Example: 'traceroute www.google.com' will show the path packets take to reach Google's server.