Gping – ping, but with a graph
github.com
Gping – ping, but with a graph
1–10 of 53 posts
Re: Gping – ping, but with a graph
#2Love it
Re: Gping – ping, but with a graph
#3mtr does traceroute, too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTR_(software) :
> The tool is often used for network troubleshooting. By showing a list of routers traversed, and the average round-trip time as well as packet loss to each router, it allows users to identify links between two given routers responsible for certain fractions of the overall latency or packet loss through the network.[4] This can help identify network overuse problems.[5]
Scapy has a 3d visualization of one traceroute sequence with vpython. In college, I remember modifying it to run multiple traceroutes and then overlaying all of the routes; and wondering whether a given route is even stable through a complete traceroute packet sequence. https://scapy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage.html#tcp-tracer...
One way to avoid running tools that need root for crafting packets at layer 2 is to use setcap:
setcap CAP_NET_RAW /use/bin/python-scapy
Re: Gping – ping, but with a graph
#4Love it
TIL it can also measure and graph the execution time for a list of commands rather than pinging hosts:
host can be a command like curl google.com if the --cmd flag is used.
Re: Gping – ping, but with a graph
#5mtr does traceroute, too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTR_(software) : > The tool is often used for network troubleshooting. By showing a list of routers traversed, and the average round-trip time as well as packet loss to each router, it allows users to identify links between two given routers responsible for certain fractions of the overall latency or packet loss through the network.[4] This can help identify net…
I run mtr using a Prometheus exporter. I think the one I am using is https://github.com/mgumz/mtr-exporter
I have it set up to do trace routes to 1.1.1.1 and to 8.8.8.8, and then I can look at the graphs in Prometheus
I was inspired to set this up on my computer after the house where the computer is at was having very unstable internet for several days.
I made a video about the graphs here https://video.nstr.no/w/hjTH3Vggn2fvpTrQitMmVP
Re: Gping – ping, but with a graph
#6Really nice that it allows you to pass a list of hosts at the same time, and it will plot them in the same graph:
For instance, `gping mydomain.com google.com` is really nice for a quick sanity check (is it my Wifi or my hosting provider).
Re: Gping – ping, but with a graph
#7I found this useful when trying to diagnose what I thought was a flaky wifi network. Visually seeing both dimensions when something is only subtly broken makes life a lot easier.
Re: Gping – ping, but with a graph
#8Vaguely related (also “ping, but with a graph”, but different): https://github.com/denilsonsa/prettyping
Re: Gping – ping, but with a graph
#9mtr does traceroute, too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTR_(software) : > The tool is often used for network troubleshooting. By showing a list of routers traversed, and the average round-trip time as well as packet loss to each router, it allows users to identify links between two given routers responsible for certain fractions of the overall latency or packet loss through the network.[4] This can help identify net…
My mind is blown by those 3D graphs. I almost want to make them dynamically drawn in a futuristic style and use that as screensaver...
Re: Gping – ping, but with a graph
#10Today i was working to add multiline plot support to cli of asciigraph, using that it’s possible to do something very similar.
Post showing multiline plot of ping to multiple hosts: https://mastodon.social/@guptarohit/110638311512899264