--- title: Run traceroute description: Learn what settings you need to change to perform a useful `traceroute` to an endpoint behind a Cloudflare Tunnel. image: https://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/zt-preview.png --- > Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/cloudflare-wan/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. [Skip to content](#%5Ftop) # Run traceroute If you have a Cloudflare WAN (formerly Magic WAN) client connected through [GRE](https://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/cloudflare-wan/configuration/how-to/configure-tunnel-endpoints/), [IPsec](https://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/cloudflare-wan/configuration/how-to/configure-tunnel-endpoints/), [CNI](https://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/network-interconnect/) or [WARP](https://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/cloudflare-wan/zero-trust/cloudflare-one-client/) and want to perform a `traceroute` to an endpoint behind a [Cloudflare Tunnel](https://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/cloudflare-wan/zero-trust/cloudflare-tunnel/), the following settings must be applied for the command to return useful information. ## Inherited TTL value On the machine where the `traceroute` client is executed, make sure the tunnel device does not inherit the TTL value of the inner packet. This is the default behavior on Linux and can result in unhelpful `traceroute` results: ```sh sudo traceroute -s 10.1.0.100 -I 10.3.0.100 ``` ```sh traceroute to 10.3.0.100 (10.3.0.100), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets 1 * * * 2 * * * 3 * * * 4 * * * 5 * * * 6 * * * 7 * * * 8 * * * 9 * * * 10 10.3.0.100 (10.3.0.100) 420.505 ms 420.779 ms 420.776 ms ``` Setting the TTL explicitly returns much better results: ```sh sudo ip link set cf_gre type gre ttl 64 sudo traceroute -s 10.1.0.100 -I 10.3.0.100 ``` ```sh traceroute to 10.3.0.100 (10.3.0.100), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets 1 10.0.0.11 (10.0.0.11) 58.947 ms 58.933 ms 58.930 ms 2 173.245.60.175 (173.245.60.175) 61.138 ms 61.316 ms 61.313 ms 3 172.68.145.21 (172.68.145.21) 367.448 ms 367.532 ms 367.530 ms 4 mplat-e2e-vm3.c.magic-transit.internal (10.152.0.20) 370.362 ms 370.440 ms 370.522 ms 5 10.3.0.100 (10.3.0.100) 370.519 ms 370.541 ms 518.152 ms ``` ## Cloudflare One Client Some Linux distributions default to a very strict setting for [reverse path filtering ↗](https://sysctl-explorer.net/net/ipv4/rp%5Ffilter/). This strict setting attempts to drop fake traffic as a security measure. Performing a `traceroute` with this setting on can unintentionally drop `traceroute` packets. If you use the Cloudflare One Client on Linux, set a less strict policy before attempting to perform a `traceroute`: ```sh sudo sysctl -w net.ipv4.conf.CloudflareWARP.rp_filter=2 ``` ```sh net.ipv4.conf.CloudflareWARP.rp_filter = 2 ``` ```sh sudo traceroute -s 172.16.0.2 -I 10.3.0.100 ``` ```sh traceroute to 10.3.0.100 (10.3.0.100), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets 1 169.254.21.171 (169.254.21.171) 48.887 ms 48.894 ms 48.620 ms 2 173.245.60.175 (173.245.60.175) 49.403 ms 49.519 ms 49.603 ms 3 172.68.65.7 (172.68.65.7) 357.499 ms 357.519 ms 357.520 ms 4 mplat-e2e-vm3.c.magic-transit.internal (10.152.0.20) 360.024 ms 360.086 ms 360.078 ms 5 10.3.0.100 (10.3.0.100) 360.283 ms 360.297 ms 360.489 ms ``` ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","@id":"https://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/cloudflare-wan/configuration/how-to/traceroute/#page","headline":"Run traceroute · Cloudflare WAN docs","description":"Learn what settings you need to change to perform a useful traceroute to an endpoint behind a Cloudflare Tunnel.","url":"https://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/cloudflare-wan/configuration/how-to/traceroute/","inLanguage":"en","image":"https://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/zt-preview.png","dateModified":"2026-04-21","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Cloudflare","url":"https://www.cloudflare.com/"},"isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/#website","name":"Cloudflare Docs","url":"https://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/directory/","name":"Directory"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/cloudflare-wan/","name":"Cloudflare WAN"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"/cloudflare-wan/configuration/","name":"Configuration"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@id":"/cloudflare-wan/configuration/how-to/","name":"How to"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@id":"/cloudflare-wan/configuration/how-to/traceroute/","name":"Run traceroute"}}]} ```