Really nice that it allows you to pass a list of hosts at the same time, and it will plot them in the same graph:
For instance, `gping mydomain.com google.com` is really nice for a quick sanity check (is it my Wifi or my hosting provider).
For instance, `gping mydomain.com google.com` is really nice for a quick sanity check (is it my Wifi or my hosting provider).
It doesn't graph output, but does show connectivity , latency, packet loss, and variance on a set of hosts between your IP and the destination.
<https://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/>
(Previously noted in this thread by westurner: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36549005>)
I know there's a GUI version, though I'm almost always using the CLI/terminal interface myself. So I could be missing some things.
Oh, holy hell, this is pretty cool!
Thanks!
(I've ... only been using mtr for ~2 decades.)
It's very difficult to stay on top of all available tools. I find that so long as it's something I can do with shell tools, awk, or other scripting environments I'm often better of inventing than searching as when you create your own tools you're addressing your own specific needs and constraints, whilst when evaluating a third-party tool, you have to undergo much the same process ("does this do what I want it to do?") often without the ability to readily modify the tool to fit a specific use case.
That's not always true, but it often is.
And of course, creation helps expand your own creative abilities.
If mtr is frequently re-invented, that's a strong validation of the original concept as well.