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Versions 0.8.5 and 0.8.6 of IXmaps Traceroute Generator are now available for download. Windows XP and later are supported, as well as MacOSX and Linux.

Installation

To install and run IXmaps Traceroute Generator version 0.8.6 for Windows, you must be running as Administrator. The traceroute algorithm used usually completes within 10 seconds.

IXmaps Traceroute Generator version 0.8.6 for MacOSX is available as a tarball. You need to have root privileges to install the program correctly. When running the program, the PATH enviroment variable must point to the directory which contains the tr-sub and wmtrcmd binary executables. To run the program, just invoke tr-sub without any command-line arguments.

IXmaps Traceroute Generator version 0.8.6 for Linux is available as a tarball. You need to have root privileges to install the program correctly. The program will reside in /usr/local/bin .

To install and run IXmaps Traceroute Generator version 0.8.5 for Windows, no Administrator privileges are required. The Windows "tracert" program is used, and my take up to 6 minutes to do a single traceroute if no response is received from the destination host.

Other than the traceroute algorithm used, the two versions are identical. You may minimize the windows while the program is running.

For Windows, when asked to do a full or custom install, pick the full install.

Changes from 0.8.3/0.8.4

• The server is accessed as trgen.ixmaps.ca to allow www.ixmaps.ca to be in a separate location.
• Limited support for MacOS X (Tiger or later) and recent GNU/Linux.
• Fixed race condition bug that caused the program to occasionally hang when completing a traceroute.
• Traceroutes that contain routing loops are discarded.

Changes from 0.8.1/0.8.2

• The Traceroute status page displays a table with a row for each traceroute done. The columns are:
  • The hostname or dotted-quad IP address.
  • The number of hosts along the traceroute path that replied/the total number of hops on the path.
  • The elapsed time in seconds to do the entire traceroute to the host.
  • The ID of the traceroute in the IXmaps database, or an error message in red. A yellow ID means that the traceroute destination host itself did not reply.
  The latest host or batch done is in bold.
• Data entry fields accept the Enter key.
• The program version number appears on the title bar.
• The progress dialog is embedded into the Traceroute Running page instead of being a separate pop-up.

Notes

If there is temporarily high latency between your computer and the central database, you may get a "The connection to the central database is not working." pop-up. The TrGen client program waits 5 seconds after it sends a traceroute result to the server. If the confirmation is not received within that time, the pop-up will appear. Often, the data will have made it into the database.