After some investigation I believe this is a duplication of Bug #1354163 Record Route option broken in iputils-ping https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/iputils/+bug/1354163
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to iputils in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1566702 Title: ping with "RECORD ROUTE" option not working on 14.04 LTS trusty Status in iputils package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: LSB RELEASE INFO: RELEASE 14.04 CODENAME trusty DESCRIPTION 14.04.4 LTS PACKAGE INFO: iputils-ping 3:20121221-4ubuntu1.1 Expectation : Command ping -R 10.132.90.201 should in first place display all intermediate IP addresses from source to destination and also the way back. ping -R 10.132.90.201 PING 10.132.90.201 (10.132.90.201) 56(124) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 10.132.90.201: icmp_req=1 ttl=254 time=5.09 ms RR: 10.132.81.102 10.132.90.251 10.132.90.201 10.132.90.201 10.132.81.251 10.132.81.102 64 bytes from 10.132.90.201: icmp_req=2 ttl=254 time=0.982 ms (same route) What happens with the relevant package is: ping -R 10.132.90.201 PING 10.132.90.201 (10.132.90.201) 56(124) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 10.132.90.201: icmp_req=1 ttl=254 time=5.09 ms RR: 10.132.81.102 10.132.81.102 10.132.81.102 10.132.81.102 10.132.81.102 10.132.81.102 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/iputils/+bug/1566702/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp