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Diffstat (limited to 'net/mtr/pkg-descr')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/mtr/pkg-descr | 13 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/net/mtr/pkg-descr b/net/mtr/pkg-descr index cd83b0b0d8c1..0bb60703e586 100644 --- a/net/mtr/pkg-descr +++ b/net/mtr/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,12 @@ -mtr combines the functionality of the "traceroute" and "ping" programs -into a single network diagnostic tool. +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. + +Official mtr repository is at https://github.com/traviscross/mtr WWW: http://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/ -WWW: https://launchpad.net/mtr |