Open Visual Trace Route

Open Visual Trace Route is a Java-based software application specialized in tracerouting and packet analyzing tasks. It lets you display the route and capture network packets in a 3D or 2D working environment.

You are welcomed by a clean feature lineup that allows you to easily switch between the 2D and 3D layout. There’s no support for a help manual, so experimenting with the built-in features is your only chance in order to understand how the utility works.

The 2D view mode offers support for zooming options and globe rotation actions to different angles. The 3D display is more interactive than the 2D one and allows you to use several buttons for rotating the globe. You can rotate the globe using your mouse or keyboard shortcuts.

You are allowed to show or hide several layers on the map, namely stars, atmosphere, political boundaries, scale bar, compass, names of places, world map, and Bing imagery. Plus, you can make the tool reveal the coordinates in the primary window.

Open Visual Trace Route gives you the possibility to enter the hostname or IP address for starting the tracerouting process. You can copy the route to the clipboard, resolve hostnames, specify the timeout, and get detailed information about the country, town, latitude and longitude coordinates, IP address, hostname, and distance.

You may capture network packets by selecting the preferred protocol (TCP, UDP, ICMP), sniff all ports or a specific port number, and filter packets. You get details about the protocol, location time, destination port, IP and hostname, and other pieces of information as well.

Tests have shown that the utility carries out a task pretty quickly. On the downside, it eats up a lot of CPU and memory, so the overall performance of the system may be hampered.

All things considered, Open Visual Trace Route delivers an intuitive and smart suite of features for helping you perform tracerouting and network sniffing-related tasks, and is suitable for rookies and professionals alike.