edit: figured it out. replied below.
Below is the output of both a traceroute and a ping from one device to another on my network any idea why there are alternating asterisks?
Switch#tracer
Protocol [ip]:
Target IP address: 10.77.42.246
Source address: 10.77.42.249
Numeric display [n]:
Timeout in seconds [3]:
Probe count [3]: 20
Minimum Time to Live [1]:
Maximum Time to Live [30]:
Port Number [33434]:
Loose, Strict, Record, Timestamp, Verbose[none]:
Type escape sequence to abort.
Tracing the route to 10.77.42.246
1 10.77.42.246 26 msec * 17 msec * 16 msec * 16 msec * 17 msec * 17 msec * 17 msec * 17 msec * 17 msec * 17 msec *
Switch#ping
Protocol [ip]:
Target IP address: 10.77.42.246
Repeat count [5]: 30
Datagram size [100]:
Timeout in seconds [2]:
Extended commands [n]: y
Source address or interface: 10.77.42.249
Type of service [0]:
Set DF bit in IP header? [no]:
Validate reply data? [no]:
Data pattern [0xABCD]:
Loose, Strict, Record, Timestamp, Verbose[none]:
Sweep range of sizes [n]:
Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 30, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 10.77.42.246, timeout is 2 seconds:
Packet sent with a source address of 10.77.42.249
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Success rate is 100 percent (30/30), round-trip min/avg/max = 16/22/34 ms
