hop Count

Hop Count Hop count stands for the number of times a packet passes through a router in route to its destination.

Here is an example of a traceroute to an online learning center. Notice that each number represents one hop.

[root@ns1 ~]# traceroute platoweb01.com
traceroute to platoweb01.com (63.241.29.59), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
 1  12-32-36-241.static.blackfoot.net (12.32.36.241)  1.642 ms  1.843 ms  1.580 ms
 2  216-47-48-1.static.blackfoot.net (216.47.48.1)  54.726 ms  44.975 ms  44.773  ms
 3  12.32.34.1 (12.32.34.1)  45.048 ms  44.953 ms  45.808 ms
 4  12.117.132.29 (12.117.132.29)  64.866 ms  67.327 ms  63.817 ms
 5  gbr1-p57.st6wa.ip.att.net (12.123.203.74)  103.804 ms  104.964 ms  104.841 m s
     MPLS Label=826 CoS=5 TTL=1 S=0
 6  tbr1-p012501.st6wa.ip.att.net (12.122.12.157)  102.094 ms  106.544 ms  104.3 34 ms
     MPLS Label=31491 CoS=5 TTL=1 S=0
 7  tbr2-cl10.sffca.ip.att.net (12.122.12.113)  101.770 ms  111.414 ms  106.507 ms
     MPLS Label=32326 CoS=5 TTL=1 S=0
 8  tbr1-cl30.sffca.ip.att.net (12.122.9.137)  102.606 ms  105.448 ms  109.140 m s
       MPLS Label=31253 CoS=5 TTL=1 S=0
 9  tbr1-cl3.la2ca.ip.att.net (12.122.10.26)  109.206 ms  105.935 ms  108.378 ms
      MPLS Label=31523 CoS=5 TTL=1 S=0
10  tbr2-p012501.la2ca.ip.att.net (12.122.9.146)  110.575 ms  104.333 ms  114.08 5 ms
     MPLS Label=32345 CoS=5 TTL=1 S=0
11  gbr2-p40.sd2ca.ip.att.net (12.122.12.2)  109.409 ms  133.785 ms  108.076 ms
     MPLS Label=797 CoS=5 TTL=1 S=0
12  gar1-p370.sd2ca.ip.att.net (12.123.145.25)  100.869 ms  99.742 ms  112.731 m s
13  mdf1-gsr12-2-pos-7-0.san2.attens.net (12.122.255.206)  98.302 ms  101.273 ms   99.196 ms
14  mdf2-bi8k-1-eth-2-1.san2.attens.net (63.241.1.218)  106.161 ms  111.328 ms  104.522 ms
15  * *