MCS MyRoute
MCS MyRoute helps diagnose connectivity problems with detailed network routing discovery and analysis, providing visibility to poor-performing networks and devices. It includes a Java applet that enables remote users to easily test connections from the MyRoute server. Essential diagnostic tools including traceroute, ping, reverse DNS, and whois are combined into a single graphical interface that analyzes Internet connections, reporting quick and essential data points for finding connectivity problems. An IP location database identifies the geographical location of IP addresses and Web servers, showing the path of an Internet connection on a global map.
| Tags | Security Internet Scientific/Engineering Visualization Monitoring Networking Systems Administration Utilities |
|---|---|
| Licenses | Proprietary with Free Trial |
| Operating Systems | Unix Linux Mac OS X |
| Implementation | Java |
Recent releases
- 10 Jun 2009 13:23
Changes: The option to permit traces to a local network was updated to no longer apply to pre-specified hosts.
- 30 Apr 2009 15:28
Changes: The MCS applet has been updated with modern Java controls. Unicode is now supported. A problem where published pages could not be deleted was fixed.
- 10 Dec 2008 18:35
Changes: The IP location database has been updated.
- 12 Nov 2008 17:59
Changes: This update improves support for 64-bit Java VMs, adds email support on networks with no DNS, and fixes an IPTV problem.
- 30 Sep 2008 17:37
Changes: A throttling option to enforce delay between test start times has been added for Remote Agents.
- All comments
Recent commentsRe: Nice program, but...
It's spyware. Yes, unforunatly the program "Phone's Home" to do a license audit on visualware's servers every time you run a trace.
I was very disapointed when I found this out, it's such a great peice of software, but privacy always comes first.
I imedaitly unistalled it, and I am demanding a refund from Visualware.
It's a shame, really it is.
> Why commercial? There really can't be
> tonnes of money in a "traceroute" clone,
> no matter HOW graphical it is. That
> seems like a sure-fire way to lose
> business, IMHO, but that's just my
> opinion. They've not changed their
> model, since they released the package,
> so I guess someone must be buying it.
> Their choice of a poor-quality, patented
> compression algorithm, for distributing
> the program doesn't exactly fill me with
> joy, either.
> Graphical traceroutes are useful tools,
> as they give much more depth and meaning
> to the logical descriptions. However,
> their usefulness is severely limited if
> they're impractical to obtain or use.
Nice program, but...
Why commercial? There really can't be tonnes of money in a "traceroute" clone, no matter HOW graphical it is. That seems like a sure-fire way to lose business, IMHO, but that's just my opinion. They've not changed their model, since they released the package, so I guess someone must be buying it. Their choice of a poor-quality, patented compression algorithm, for distributing the program doesn't exactly fill me with joy, either.
Graphical traceroutes are useful tools, as they give much more depth and meaning to the logical descriptions. However, their usefulness is severely limited if they're impractical to obtain or use.