Net' utilities

lynch · 05-20-2001, 05:55 AM

I was fooling around(in a non-destructive way)with the kde net' utilities and the last tab is called"mtr".I tried a whereis mtr as root but could find nothing.When I clicked on the tab a box came up saying to type the path in edit>preferences.What is this "mtr"?Some kind of network monitor or somthing?TIA
lynch

Q25 · 05-20-2001, 10:18 AM

This is what I found when I looked it up

mtr combines the functionality of the 'traceroute' and 'ping' programs in a single network diagnostic tool. As mtr starts, it investigates the network connection between the host mtr runs on and a user-specified destination host. After it determines the address of each network hop between the machines, it sends a sequence ICMP ECHO requests to each one to determine the quality of the link to each machine. As it does this, it prints running statistics about each machine.

lynch · 05-20-2001, 10:33 AM

Thanks,Q25.I'm not connected to a network('cept the Big One)so its probably not installed.Where did you get your info?Thanks again.
lynch

Q25 · 05-20-2001, 10:53 AM

Just did a search on it at http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages

lynch · 05-20-2001, 03:52 PM