Traceroute and mtr command are not working

Question

grace@DESKTOP-PTDHEDF:~$ sudo traceroute -m3 8.8.8.8
traceroute to 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8), 3 hops max
  1   *  *  *
  2   *  *  *
  3   *  *  *

Tried the following steps but the result still the same.

sudo apt-get install inetutils-traceroute
sudo apt install traceroute
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

grace@DESKTOP-PTDHEDF:~$ sudo mtr 8.8.8.8
mtr-packet: Failure to open IPv4 sockets: Permission denied
mtr-packet: Failure to open IPv6 sockets: Permission denied
mtr: Failure to start mtr-packet: Invalid argument

mtr command is also not working

Any idea that what I still need to do?

Thank you.

It is working, you just don't have permission to run it in your account. — user10489, Oct 24 '21 at 17:17
Since traceroute and mtr do raw packet manipulation, you must run them as a privileged user, e.g. sudo mtr 8.8.8.8. Read man sudo sudoers traceroute mtr. — waltinator, Oct 24 '21 at 21:43
Thank you. I try to run the command with sudo, but its still not working. — Grace Ooi, Oct 25 '21 at 13:03

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 30 '23 at 06:06

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I had this issue and fixed by running wsl as administrator in Windows :)

answered Jan 30 '23 at 06:06

jcel

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Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! Microsoft strongly recommends that you don't run WSL as Administrator in Windows as it can create serious security and stability issues with Windows. That should be a clue to why networking isn't working for you in WSL, but not a long-term solution. – NotTheDr01ds Jan 30 '23 at 12:43

Traceroute and mtr command are not working

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