On 04/08/2012, at 8:59 AM, Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au> wrote:
Mark might also want to try mtr rather than traceroute. It can display MPLS labels (press "u" in the curses interface or use "-e" on the command line)
i usually use the --curses mode but the --report mode is more like traditional traceroute (and IMO more readable)
I thought I'd play along at home - I've had some network performance issues at home which I thought were WiFi related but as I'd never used mtr I installed it and gave it a go: [root@kerberos ~]# mtr --report -c 10 -e www.latrobe.edu.au HOST: kerberos.gb.davies.net.au Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev 1.|-- upstairs 0.0% 10 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.1 0.1 2.|-- 10.79.0.1 0.0% 10 812.6 786.3 515.2 1206. 279.5 3.|-- riv3-pos3-4.gw.optusnet.c 0.0% 10 797.9 778.4 462.5 1205. 270.8 4.|-- xe-6-1-0.md12.optus.net.a 0.0% 10 784.4 779.7 539.5 1205. 253.0 5.|-- ??? 100.0 10 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.|-- TenGigE0-3-0-5.lon70.Melb 20.0% 10 739.8 762.1 541.1 1227. 277.0 7.|-- Bundle-Ether2.exi-core1.M 10.0% 10 728.9 762.4 551.1 1199. 259.5 8.|-- TenGigabitEthernet9-1.lon 20.0% 10 710.4 689.7 546.2 1206. 218.7 9.|-- aarnet4.lnk.telstra.net 11.1% 9 697.9 682.9 549.4 1180. 206.4 10.|-- ge-5-0-0.bb1.b.mel.aarnet 11.1% 9 683.2 674.9 537.1 1173. 208.9 11.|-- gigabitethernet0.er1.latr 11.1% 9 740.9 686.7 548.7 1168. 207.3 12.|-- gw1.er1.latrobe.cpe.aarne 11.1% 9 774.7 728.6 534.5 1185. 217.4 13.|-- 131.172.1.30 11.1% 9 807.4 703.9 520.9 1208. 225.6 14.|-- ??? 100.0 8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.|-- ??? 100.0 8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.|-- latrobe.edu.au 12.5% 8 767.5 622.7 520.8 767.5 88.6 Ouch - 700+ms pings to my Optus cable box. Once I work out how to power cycle it (it's a newish cable modem with built in battery backup) I'll see if this helps - any other suggestions welcome… Huw Davies | e-mail: Huw.Davies@kerberos.davies.net.au Melbourne | "If soccer was meant to be played in the Australia | air, the sky would be painted green"