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title: Network Interconnect and WAN Tunnels · Cloudflare One docs
description: Cloudflare Network Interconnect (CNI) allows you to connect your
  network infrastructure directly with Cloudflare — rather than using the public
  Internet — for a more reliable and secure experience. With CNI, you can bring
  Cloudflare's full suite of network functions to your physical network edge.
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Cloudflare Network Interconnect (CNI) allows you to connect your network infrastructure directly with Cloudflare — rather than using the public Internet — for a more reliable and secure experience. With CNI, you can bring Cloudflare's full suite of network functions to your physical network edge.

For more information about Network Interconnect, refer to the [Cloudflare Network Interconnect documentation](https://developers.cloudflare.com/network-interconnect/).

Run `traceroute`

Magic WAN clients connecting through [GRE](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/networks/connectors/wan-tunnels/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnel-endpoints/), [IPsec](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/networks/connectors/wan-tunnels/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnel-endpoints/), [CNI](https://developers.cloudflare.com/network-interconnect/) or [WARP](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/team-and-resources/devices/warp/) that want to perform a `traceroute` to an endpoint behind a [Cloudflare Tunnel](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/networks/connectors/cloudflare-tunnel/) will need to change some settings to make the command useful. Refer to [Run `traceroute`](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/networks/connectors/wan-tunnels/configuration/manually/how-to/traceroute/) for more information.
