About:
VisualRoute combines the tools traceroute, ping, reverse DNS, and whois 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. The domain registration and network provider contact information are reported for each hop of a network route for quick problem reporting. Several new advanced edition options include reverse tracing to initiate a connection test from a remote desktop or data center, port testing, Internet application testing, and TCP traceroutes.

Author:
Visualware Inc. <sales [at] visualware [dot] com> [contact developer]

Rating:	reset 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
7.72/10.00 (4 votes)

Homepage:
http://www.visualroute.com/index.html
Tar/GZ:
http://download.visualware.com/pub/vr/vr.tar
Changelog:
http://www.visualroute.com/support/newrelease.html
OS X package:
http://download.visualware.com/pub/vr/vr.pkg.dmg
Purchase:
http://www.visualroute.com/purchase/index.html
Demo site:
http://visualroute.visualware.com/

Trove categories: [change]

[Intended Audience]		End Users/Desktop, System Administrators
[License]		Other/Proprietary License with Free Trial, Shareware
[Operating System]		POSIX :: Linux, POSIX :: SunOS/Solaris, Unix
[Topic]		Internet, Scientific/Engineering :: Visualization, Security, System :: Monitoring, System :: Networking, System :: Networking :: Monitoring, System :: Systems Administration, Utilities

Dependencies: [change]
No dependencies filed

 Branches

Branch	Version	Last release	License	URLs
Default	12.0c	11-Dec-2007	Shareware

 Comments

[»] Nice program, but...
by imipak - Mar 2nd 2000 10:04:45

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.

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[»] Re: Nice program, but...
by Daniel Morante - Dec 12th 2003 13:49:27

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.


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