Troubleshooting Network using WinMTR

Normally when it comes to troubleshooting of networks we use PING and Traceroute. while surfing web, I came across this tool WinMTR. WinMTR is a free MS Windows visual application that combines the functionality of the traceroute and ping in a single network diagnostic tool.

It uses more data sample at every hop to measure the server latency and performance change over time.

It collects continuous data until we stop it.

Download WinMTR and Install

click the below URL to download the tool

Download link for WinMTR

Steps:

You will have a .zip file containing two folders: WinMTR-32 and WinMTR-64
Each folder contains two files: WinMTR.exe and README.txt
Extract the WinMTR.exe that corresponds to your platform (32 or 64 bit) and run the file.

Run WinMTR on windows - GUI

double click on WinMTR - you will get a pop-up as below

Sample data to key-in

1. Host -- e.g www.yahoo.com

2. click "options" TAB and leave values for interval and ping size as default and tune the values of Interval, (if required)

Sample output

double click on any one the ip and see the latency (you can be verify the latency for every ip listed)

Task for the readers

Try to ping 1. your home internet ip

2. www.alipay.com (as this url is hosted in china the latency is high here).

Thanks for reading :)

I was fascinated when i came across this troubleshooting tool and thought of sharing it to community for better reach/use.