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| 1 | +WinMTR – Appnor's Free Network Diagnostic Tool - http://winmtr.net |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +Thank you for downloading WinMTR v0.91! |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +*** About *** |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +WinMTR is a free MS Windows visual application that combines the functionality of the traceroute and ping in a single network diagnostic tool. WinMTR is Open Source Software, maintained by Appnor MSP, a fully managed hosting & cloud provider. |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +It was started in 2000 by Vasile Laurentiu Stanimir as a clone for the popular Matt’s Traceroute (hence MTR) Linux/UNIX utility. |
| 10 | +Read more about WinMTR’s history: http://winmtr.net/history/ |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +*** License & Redistribution *** |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +WinMTR is offered as Open Source Software under GPL v2. |
| 15 | +Read more about the licensing conditions: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html |
| 16 | +Download the code from: http://sourceforge.net/projects/winmtr/ |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +*** Installation *** |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +You will get a .zip archive containing two folders WinMTR-32 and WinMTR-64. |
| 21 | +Both contain two files: WinMTR.exe and README.TXT. |
| 22 | +Just extract the WinMTR.exe for your platform (32 or 64 bit) and click to run it. |
| 23 | +If you don’t know what version you need, just click on both files and see which one works ;-) |
| 24 | +As you can see, WinMTR requires no other installation effort. |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +Trick: You can copy the WinMTR.exe file in Windows/System32 so it’s accessible via the command line – cmd! |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +*** Usage *** |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +Visual: |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | + * Start WinMTR. |
| 33 | + * Write the name or IP of the host (e.g. google.com) |
| 34 | + * Press the Options button to configure ping size, maximum hops and ping interval (the defaults are OK). |
| 35 | + * Push the Start button and wait. |
| 36 | + * Copy or export the results in text or HTML format. Useful if you want to document or file a complaint with your ISP. |
| 37 | + * Click on Clear History to remove the hosts you have previously traced. |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +Command line: |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | + * Run winmtr.exe --help to see what are the options |
| 42 | + * Run winmtr hostname (e.g. winmtr www.yahoo.com) |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +*** Troubleshooting *** |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +a) I type in the address and nothing happens. |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +Usually this has to do with lame anti-virus or firewall applications. Stop all that when doing debugging or when using WinMTR. Or, configure them properly. |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +b) I get an error saying the program cannot be executed. |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +You are running the 64 bit version on a 32 bit platform. Try the WinMTR.exe stored in the WinMTR_x32 folder. |
| 53 | + |
| 54 | +c) I get an error unspecified here. |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +Please report it to us to make sure it’s not a bug in the application. |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | + |
| 59 | +*** Changelog *** |
| 60 | +31.01.2011 - Version v0.92 is out, fixing reporting errors for very slow connections. |
| 61 | +11.01.2011 - Version v0.91 is out under GPL v2, by popular request. |
| 62 | +24.12.2010 - New version! for 32 and 64 bit Operating Systems. Now works on Windows 7 as a regular user. Various bug fixes. License changed from GPL to commercial, but not for long ;-) (v0.9) |
| 63 | +20.01.2002 - Last entered hosts an options are now hold in registry. Home page and development moved to Sourceforge. |
| 64 | +05.09.2001 - Replace edit box with combo box which hold last entered host names. Fixed a memory leak which caused program to crash after a long time running. (v0.7) |
| 65 | +11.27.2000 - Added resizing support and flat buttons. (v0.6) |
| 66 | +11.26.2000 - Added copy data to clipboard and possibility to save data to file as text or HTML.(v0.5) |
| 67 | +08.03.2000 - Added double-click on host name in list for detailed information. (v0.4) |
| 68 | +08.02.2000 - Fixed ICMP error codes handling. Print an error message corresponding to ICP_HOST_UNREACHABLE error code instead of a empty line. (v0.3) |
| 69 | +08.01.2000 - Support for full command-line operations. (v0.2) |
| 70 | +07.28.2000 - First release. (v0.1) |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | +*** Bug Reports **** |
| 73 | + |
| 74 | +Let us know if you identify bugs. Make sure you mention the WinMTR version. Also, we need as much info as possible about your Operating System and current setup. |
| 75 | +Before submitting a bug make sure it is not something related to your own specific configurations (e.g. anti-viruses, firewalls). |
| 76 | + |
| 77 | +*** Feature requests *** |
| 78 | + |
| 79 | +If you need some functionality from which others can also benefit, please let us know. We will try to integrate your request on our future releases. |
| 80 | +Specific features can be implemented on request under a commercial support agreement. Costs depend on complexity and timing. Contact us for a custom quotation. |
| 81 | +If you are a developer planning to extend the current open source code, please let us know, so we can integrate it in the official tree |
| 82 | + |
| 83 | + |
| 84 | +*** Contact *** |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | +Use the form available at http://winmtr.net or write to us contact AT winmtr DOT net |
| 87 | + |
| 88 | +(c) GPL v2 - 2010-2010 Appnor MSP S.A. - http://www.appnor.com |
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