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For network engineers or administrators, the tracert command is a common network test and diagnostic command, which is used to determine the path (all nodes) that an IP packet takes to reach its destination. But the problem is that the result has always been returned only in text form, which is not easy to check. If you want to view tracert results clearly on a map and display more information with graphs, then Open Visual Trace Route is what you need.
Open Visual Trace Route (AKA: Open Visual Traceroute) is a free, open-source visual traceroute tool for Windows, Mac and Linux, developed by Leo Lewis from Japan, using Java. The GUI is written in Swing, and its map function is realized by WorldWind Java. Its outstanding feature is the 3D representation of data paths on a world map. Once the traceroute is complete, you can zoom and rotate the 3D map to see all the places the data traveled. If your computer has trouble with 3D visualization, you can also use the 2D map instead.
Open Visual Traceroute also provides you with a tabular view of all the data you are interested in while executing traceroute. These include hostnames and locations, network latency, DNS lookup time, and distances between individual nodes. It doesn’t have built-in logging feature, but lets you copy analytics data and save it in a CSV file, and allows you to take screenshots.
Open Visual Trace Route is more than just a traceroute tool. It also comes with some additional features, such as a data packet sniffer, which gives you a clear picture of the data type being transferred from the source server to the destination server; WHOIS, with which you can easily view all public information about a specific domain, and more. BTW, VisualRoute used to be the best traceroute tool, but it stopped developing. Open Visual Trace Route is not only more professional than World Route, but also tries to be a free and open-source alternative of VisualRoute, so it is worth a try.
// Key Features //
| Feature | Description |
| Traceroute | Traceroute feature that allows to see on a World 3D map what path the data is taking to go from your computer to the target server. |
| Whois | “Who is” feature allows to get public information about a domain. |
| 3D/2D visualization | All data is vizualized in a 3D World map. Low end computers or exotic OS that would have issues with OpenGL drivers can run the program using the 2D map. |
| Free and Open source | The entire source code is fully available for download on |
| Cross platform | The software is written in Java and runs on Windows, MacOS X, Ubuntu, OpenSUSE. |
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// System Requirements //
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