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---+ Measurement Tools

---++ [[TracerouteLikeTools][Traceroute-like Tools]]: [[VanJacobsonTraceroute][traceroute]], [[MattsTraceRoute][MTR]], PingPlotter, [[LayerFourTraceRoute][lft]], [[TracePath][tracepath]], [[TraceProto][traceproto]]

There is a large and growing number of path-measurement tools derived from the well-known =traceroute= tool. Those tools all attempt to find the route a packet will take from the source (typically where the tool is running) to a given destination, and to find out some hop-wise performance parameters along the way.

---++ [[BandwidthMeasurementTools][Bandwidth Measurement Tools]]: [[PcharTool][pchar]], [[IperfTool][Iperf]], [[BwctlTool][bwctl]], [[Nuttcp][nuttcp]], [[NetperfTool][Netperf]], [[RudeCrudeTool][RUDE/CRUDE]], [[TtcpTool][ttcp]], [[NetworkDiagnosticTool][NDT]], DSL Reports

Use: Evaluate the Bandwidth between two points in the network.

---++ [[ActiveMeasurementBoxes][Active Measurement Boxes]]

Use: information about Delay, Jitter and packets loss between two probes.

   * [[HadesTool][DFN/GEANT2 HADES (formerly IPPM)]]
   * [[RipeTtmBoxes][RIPE TTM]]
   * [[QosMetricsBoxes][RENATER QoSMetrics]]

---++ [[PassiveMeasurementTools][Passive Measurement Tools]]

These tools perform their measurement by looking at existing traffic. They can be further classified into

   * SNMP Device Polling: MRTG, Cricket
   * <nop>NetFlow-based: flow-tools etc.
   * Packet Capture and Analysis Tools: tcpdump, [[WireShark][Wireshark/Ethereal]], jnettop

---++ References

   * _[[http://fasterdata.es.net/fasterdata/network-troubleshooting-tools/][Network Troubleshooting Tools]]_, ESnet [[http://fasterdata.es.net/fasterdata/][fasterdata]] Network Performance Knowledge Base, February 2011 (last checked)
   * _[[http://www.caida.org/tools/taxonomy/performance.xml][Performance Measurement Tools Taxonomy]]_, CAIDA (Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis), December 2010 (last checked)
-- Main.FrancoisXavierAndreu & Main.SimonMuyal - 06 Jun 2005 -- Main.HankNussbacher - 01 Jun 2005 -- Main.SimonLeinen - 15 Jul 2005 - 27 Feb 2011

-- Main.AlessandraScicchitano - 2013-01-30
Topic revision: r17 - 2013-01-30 - AlessandraScicchitano
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