THthecosmicfrog·Nov 9, 2024Submission
Mtr, a Network Diagnostic Tool
3 points · Open discussiontraviscross
mtr
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traviscross / mtr
mtr
Official repository for mtr, a network diagnostic tool
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
5 sourcesCool project! Two suggestions, one serious, one frivolous:
- I wonder if you could get more accurate results by using TCP or UDP instead of ICMP. I think traditional traceroute has an option to use UDP, mtr [1] can use TCP or UDP, and tcptraceroute [2] can use TCP.
- This would be a perfect fit for some Talking Heads references. "And you may ask yourself, well, how did I get here?" [3]
[1] https://github.com/traviscross/mtr
[2] https://linux.die.net/man/1/tcptraceroute
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_in_a_Lifetime_(Talking_He...
In Show HN: How did your computer reach my server?That's not accurate:
https://github.com/traviscross/mtr
> Merge pull request #412 from 23hiro/master … 327dd3f 11 days ago
In ICMP, Ping, and Traceroute – What I wish I was taught (2020)Would mtr[0] help diagnose this?
[0] - https://github.com/traviscross/mtr
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