trace a particular IP and port

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You can use the default traceroute command for this purpose, then there will be nothing to install.

traceroute -T -p 9100 <IP address/hostname>

The -T argument is required so that the TCP protocol is used instead of UDP.

In the rare case when traceroute isn't available, you can also use ncat.

nc -Czvw 5 <IP address/hostname> 9100

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tcptraceroute   xx.xx.xx.xx 9100

if you didn't find it you can install it

yum -y install tcptraceroute

aptitude -y install tcptraceroute

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you can use tcpdump on the server to check if the client even reaches the server.

  tcpdump -i any tcp port 9100

also make sure your firewall is not blocking incoming connections.

EDIT: you can also write the dump into a file and view it with wireshark on your client if you don't want to read it on the console.

2nd Edit: you can check if you can reach the port via

 nc ip 9100 -z -v

from your local PC.

CodeHunter