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Thanks for the comments, I certainly understand it's nothing break though or even orignal, here's a list of many other people doing the same - http://www.tracer

by iSloth 15y ago

Thanks for the comments, I certainly understand it's nothing break though or even orignal, here's a list of many other people doing the same - http://www.traceroute.org/ http://www.traceroute.org/ I work as a network admin for a large UK internet service provider and hosting company, troubleshooting network faults can be very interesting when your actually on the same network, obviously your not getting a true perspective that matches an 'off net' client issue. Most of the routers/servers that I manage and have access to are also 'on net', so while they do supply the tools I need, they still aren't really giving me an accurate view. So I have my own servers dotted around the internet, but logging into them takes time etc, I just find it easier and faster to open my browsers bookmark and type in the destination. Finally I can also give other people access to the service, such as clients, other network admins or anyone really, even you :)

elliottcarlson 15y ago
I'm still not convinced of the benefit though - unless you are using it to find the route back to the machine you are trying to diagnose (in which case it would be useful to have a button to pre-fill the text box with the person's public IP). Good luck, as I said - I don't want to be negative, just puzzled by this.
- iSloth 15y ago
  Thanks for the comments, 'negative' are often more helpful than positive comments anyway :) and I certainly like the idea of pre filling with the users public IP. I realise that the tool wont match everyones requirements, to be honest I made it for me and what I use it for, if other people find it useful thats a bonus! Also if I can improve it to match what people want that's even better.
- access_denied 15y ago
  The benefit of this program lies not in it's function but in it's interface. It's about how you use it, not what it does. Compare to like e.g. Twitter clients for mobiles. Why not use the website? Because of UX. So, UX is part of what a piece of software provides.

by iSloth 15y ago

elliottcarlson 15y ago

I'm still not convinced of the benefit though - unless you are using it to find the route back to the machine you are trying to diagnose (in which case it would be useful to have a button to pre-fill the text box with the person's public IP). Good luck, as I said - I don't want to be negative, just puzzled by this.

iSloth 15y ago
Thanks for the comments, 'negative' are often more helpful than positive comments anyway :) and I certainly like the idea of pre filling with the users public IP. I realise that the tool wont match everyones requirements, to be honest I made it for me and what I use it for, if other people find it useful thats a bonus! Also if I can improve it to match what people want that's even better.
access_denied 15y ago
The benefit of this program lies not in it's function but in it's interface. It's about how you use it, not what it does. Compare to like e.g. Twitter clients for mobiles. Why not use the website? Because of UX. So, UX is part of what a piece of software provides.