Mapping Network Paths: Enhancing Traceroute Testing for Network Analysis

As the world and its technologies continue to develop, complicating processes of connecting multiple networks, network management and engineering professionals need to have the skills to diagnose network connectivity problems. One such network analytical tool goes by the name of traceroute and its primary use is to trace the path that the packets take from the source host to the destination host in the given IP network. However, understanding of Traceroute results that are usually printed in the form of a text table would be hardly possible for a common user and in any case could not give a sufficient idea of the network structure. This challenge is lack of visual tool to analyze the traceroute result in a graphical manner, The Traceroute Visualization Tool is the solution for this challenge because it offers the means for visualizing the traceroute results with an interface that is graphically friendly and allows for an interactive map on which to display such results. As previously explained, the packet route can be visualized simplistically using geocoding techniques which allow the conversion of IP addresses to geographical coordinates. Through the use of network hops, latency and many other features, it becomes easier for users to recognize various problems that may be associated with networks and badly connection points hence making it easier for users to diagnose problematic points in their networks.