Recommended Tools

Use these recommended tools to diagnose end-to-end performance problems.

  • H.323 Beacon is a newly developed tool that can measure and monitor an H.323 videoconference.
  • Internet2 Detective gives status on Internet2 network connectivity, an estimate of available bandwidth, and multicast capabilities.
  • Iperf measures TCP and UDP bandwidth performance, including bandwidth, jitter, and packet loss.
  • Ping Plotter performs visual traceroute and ping tests along the entire path.
    MRTG (Multi Router Traffic Grapher) monitors the traffic load on network links.
  • Gnuplotping pings multiple hosts in parallel with graphical display (gnuplot) of the delay distribution.
  • Abilene Weathermap provides a real-time snapshot of traffic on the network.
  • Polycom's Bandwidth Meter
  • Tools from E2Epi (The Internet2 End to End Performance Initiative)
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