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Introduction to MTR
My Traceroute (mtr) merges the services and performance of the ping and traceroute programs into one networking tool. Upon starting this diagnostic tool, mtr investigates the network connection. This typically happens between the host that the mtr runs on, and the (user-specified) destination host. After determining the address of each network hop, a sequence of ICMP ECHO requests is sent to each one so that the quality of the link to each machine can be determined. Response times of hops are monitored. As this process occurs, mtr prints current statistics about each machine. The sudden increase in packet-loss or in response time is often indicative of a bad link, or one that is simply “overloaded”. Look at an example below:
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Using MTR on Linux
For Redhat based operating systems download mtr by issuing the following command:
yum install mtr
For Debian based operating systems download MTR by issuing the following command:
apt-get install mtr
After either of the above steps, issue the following command:
mtr [destination_IP_address]
Using MTR on Windows
Using MTR on OSX
Download and install MTR from: https://code.google.com/p/rudix/downloads/detail?name=mtr-0.82-1.pkg&can=2&q=mtr
Open ‘Terminal’ and issue:
sudo mtr [destination_IP_address]
General information when running a MTR
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