December 2006
Intermediate to advanced
1312 pages
35h 17m
English
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15.10 Identifying Network Problems with PingPlotter Freeware
Trying to isolate slowdowns in distributed applications can be frustrating. Are hardware problems on your database server the cause? Is it a misconfigured cache in the web-server application? Or is it something more insidious, such as a performance problem somewhere along the network between remote systems? PingPlotter’s Freeware edition from Nessoft can help you quickly determine whether your slowdown is due to network issues.
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Tool | PingPlotter Freeware |
Version covered | 1.10 |
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Summary | Small, low-overhead traceroute tool to help you quickly and visually identify where network slowdowns are occurring |
License type | Freeware |
Online resources | Forum, knowledge base, tutorial |
Related tools in this book | TCPView |
Getting Started
Download PingPlotter from its home page. You’ll need to run the installation application with administrative rights.
Once you’ve installed it, you can run PingPlotter with a non-administrative account. However, PingPlotter tries to update its PingPlotter.ini file when exiting, so you’ll get an error message if you’re running as a non-Administrator. The .ini file is located under the Program Files tree, and administrative privileges are required to write to this area. This isn’t a critical failure; ...