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Download WinMTR; Extract the contents of the.zip file to your desktop. Open the WinMTR folder, then open the folder that matches your version of Windows (32-bit or 64-bit) and run WinMTR.exe. Enter the IP address you want to test in the Host field. Select a game from the. WinMTR on Vista: None: open: 2007-02-04 2: negative times are possible: None: open: 2003-12-25 1: negative times are possible: None: open: 2003-12-25 Ticket Number Summary Milestone Status Owner Creator Created Updated Labels.
Developer(s) | BitWizard |
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Initial release | 1997; 23 years ago |
Stable release | |
Repository | |
Written in | C |
Operating system | Unix-like |
Type | Network |
License | GNU General Public License Version 2 |
Website | www.bitwizard.nl/mtr |
Original author(s) | Appnor MSP S.R.L. |
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Developer(s) | White-Tiger |
Stable release | |
Repository | github.com/White-Tiger/WinMTR |
Written in | C++ |
Operating system | Windows |
Type | Network |
License | GNU General Public License Version 2 |
Website | github.com/White-Tiger/WinMTR |
My traceroute, originally named Matt's traceroute (MTR), is a computer program which combines the functions of the traceroute and ping programs in one network diagnostic tool.[2]
MTR probes routers on the route path by limiting the number of hops individual packets may traverse, and listening to responses of their expiry. It will regularly repeat this process, usually once per second, and keep track of the response times of the hops along the path.
History[edit]
The original Matt's traceroute program was written by Matt Kimball in 1997. Roger Wolff took over maintaining MTR (renamed My traceroute) in October 1998.[3]
Fundamentals[edit]
MTR is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) and works under modern Unix-like operating systems. It normally works under the text console, but it also has an optional GTK+-based graphical user interface (GUI).
MTR relies on Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Time Exceeded (type 11, code 0) packets coming back from routers, or ICMP Echo Reply packets when the packets have hit their destination host. MTR also has a User Datagram Protocol (UDP) mode (invoked with '-u' on the command line or pressing the 'u' key in the curses interface) that sends UDP packets, with the time to live (TTL) field in the IP header increasing by one for each probe sent, toward the destination host. When the UDP mode is used, MTR relies on ICMP port unreachable packets (type 3, code 3) when the destination is reached.
MTR also supports IPv6 and works in a similar manner but instead relies on ICMPv6 messages.
The tool is often used for network troubleshooting. By showing a list of routers traversed, and the average round-trip time as well as packet loss to each router, it allows users to identify links between two given routers responsible for certain fractions of the overall latency or packet loss through the network.[4] This can help identify network overuse problems.[5]
Examples[edit]
This example shows MTR running on Linux tracing a route from the host machine (example.lan) to a web server at Yahoo! (p25.www.re2.yahoo.com) across the Level 3 Communications network.
An additional example below shows a recent version of MTR running on FreeBSD. MPLS labels are displayed by default when the '-e' switch is used on the command line (or the 'e' key is pressed in the curses interface):
Windows versions[edit]
WinMTR is a Windows GUI application functionally equivalent to MTR. It was originally developed by Appnor MSP S.R.L.; it is now maintained by White-Tiger. Although it is very similar, WinMTR shares no common code with MTR.
A console version of MTR does exist for Windows, but it has fewer features than MTR on other platforms.[6]
See also[edit]
- PathPing - a network utility supplied in Windows NT and beyond that combines the functions of ping with those of traceroute, or tracert
References[edit]
- ^'Releases - traviscross/mtr'. Retrieved 6 Aug 2019 – via GitHub.
- ^Upstream Provider Woes? Point the Ping of Blame. (linuxplanet.com)
- ^Cisco router configuration and troubleshooting By Mark Tripod (Google Books)
- ^Nore, Haakon Løchen (2014). 'Understanding network performance bottlenecks'. Institutt for telematikk.
- ^Linode: Diagnosing Network Issues with MTR
- ^Based on: https://github.com/traviscross/mtr/issues/55#issuecomment-264057403
External links[edit]
- MTR, BitWizard's MTR page with Unix downloads
- WinMTR, the equivalent of MTR for Windows platforms
- WinMTR (Redux), fork of WinMTR, maintained by René Schümann aka White-Tiger
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MTR_(software)&oldid=965868408'
MTR is a powerful network diagnostic tool that enables administrators to diagnose and isolate networking errors and provide helpful reports of network status to upstream providers. MTR represents an evolution of the traceroute command by providing a greater data sample, as if augmenting traceroute with ping output.
MTR For Mac
If you have not already installed MTR, you can get a self installerhere.
1) Open a Terminal
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2) Enter the following command:
sudo /usr/local/sbin/mtr -r example.com
Please note, you may be asked to enter your password for your Mac. This is normal.
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Where example.com would be replaced with the server host, ip address or the domain of the site you wish to check.
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MTR For Windows
MTR is built into Linux, however, it is not built into Windows. There is however a tool called WinMTR, that allows you to do the same thing as its Linux based sister.
You can download WinMTR by clickinghere.
Below we will cover basic use of WinMTR.
1) Open WinMTR
2) Enter the server name or IP address of your server, or the server you wish to check.
3) Click the Start button
3a) You can copy the data to your clipboard by clicking Copy Text to clipboard. You could then paste it into an email or ticket for tech support to review.
If you wish to see more information about a certain hop, double click on the hostname to show the host properties window.
MTR For Linux
Note: The MTR command is built into most Linux distributions.
Below we will cover basic use of MTR.
1) Open a Terminal
2) Enter the following command.
mtr -r example.com
Where example.com would be replaced with the server host, ip address or the domain of the site you wish to check.
This will take a few moments to complete (max of 60 seconds).
3) You can copy the data to your clipboard by selecting the information and then right clicking and selecting Copy. You could then paste it into an email or ticket for tech support to review.
Below we will cover what each column of the results mean…
- Hostname
- This is the hostname of the hop.
- Nr
- This shows you the hop number.
- Loss
- This shows you the percentage of the pings that have been lost compared to received.
- Sent/Snt
- This shows you the total pings that have been attempted.
- Recv
- This shows you the number of suspenseful pings that have been received.
- Best
- This shows you the best ping response time out of all the attempts.
- Avrg
- This shows you the average response time of the ping attempts.
- Worst
- This shows you the worst response time of all the ping attempts.
- Last
- This shows you the response time of the last ping attempt
- StDev
- This shows you the amount of deviation between ping requests.