Which RouterOS command is used to trace the route to a destination?

• A. /tool ping <destination>
• B. /tool traceroute <destination>
• C. /system ping <destination>
• D. /tool route print

Answer: (B)

Tracing the route to a destination involves mapping the path packets take by discovering each hop along the way. In MikroTik RouterOS, the command to do this is /tool traceroute . It sends probes with gradually increasing TTL and reports each router that replies, showing you the sequence of hops and the time to reach each one. This makes it easy to see where delays or failures occur along the path and identify which device is affecting performance.

By contrast, a simple ping checks whether the destination is reachable and measures round-trip time to that endpoint, but it doesn’t reveal the intermediate hops. The other option shows the current routing table, not the actual route to a specific destination.