This article spotlights alternative tools to traceroute.
The software featured here is free and open source. All tools provide a CLI unless otherwise stated.
| Alternatives to traceroute | |
|---|---|
| Pingnoo | Analyse network latency and routing problems visually (GUI) |
| mtr | Combines 'traceroute' and 'ping' programs in a single network tool |
| GNOME Nettool | Performs ping, netstat, traceroute, port scans, lookup, and whois (GUI) |
| LFT | Layer Four Traceroute |
| Dublin Traceroute | NAT-aware multipath tracerouting tool |
| OVTR | Java-based tool (GUI) |
Have we missed any open source alternatives to traceroute? Please let us know!
All the CLI tools in this series.
| Alternatives to CLI tools |
|---|
| bc // cat // cd // cloc // cp // cut // df // diff // dig // du // find // grep // history // kill // locate // ls // lsof // man // more // mv / ping // rm // sed // split // sudo // sysctl // tar // top // traceroute // tree // watch // whois |
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