If you liked using WinMTR on Windows machines to troubleshoot network connections and latency and looking for a similar tool on a Mac OS X there is an app for that.
It’s called MTR, written by Matt Kimball. MTR stands for Matt TraceRoute or My TraceRoute whichever works for you.
My Traceroute (MTR) is a very nice tool to get an impression of your network neighborhood. When trying to compile the most recent version of the tool (mtr-0.82) on my Mac (OS X 10.8.1) i ran into this problem.
- WINMTR by ECM is an easy-to-use network diagnostics tool that allows you to ping and traceroute web addresses. Since WINMTR for Mac is not available, you can feel free to try any of the similar applications that you can download for your Mac. Here are some of the most suitable alternatives to WINMTR for Mac.
- The process for installing MTR on Mac OS is a little more complex than you may be used to. You first need to install a package manager like MacPorts.
On your Mac, start by downloading latest version from this FTP resource (scroll to the end and download .tar.gz file):
ftp://ftp.bitwizard.nl/mtr/
To unpack it, double click on the file in Finder. Assuming it’s in ~Downloads folder, open Terminal and type the following:
To permanently save the alias, run this:
add to the file:
Now to use it, open Terminal and type mtr with IP address:
Enjoy
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