How to use the Linux mtr command | Linux Today

How to use the Linux mtr command

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Karim Buzdar
Dec 10, 2018

Mtr (my traceroute) is a command line network diagnostic tool that provides the functionality of both the ping and traceroute commands. It is a simple and cross-platform tool that prints information about the entire route that the network packets take, right from the host system to the specified destination system.

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Karim Buzdar

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