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WhatRoute
WhatRoute 1.10.7
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    Bryan Christianson
WhatRoute is designed to find the names of all the routers an IP packet passes through on its way from your Macintosh to a destination host. It also measures the round-trip time from your Mac to the router, thus enabling you to determine slow links--or hops--in the Internet. WhatRoute can also find dead links, such as routers that don't respond.
A geo-location server is queried and the locations of the hosts discovered in a trace or seen active on the LAN, can be plotted on a low resolution map or viewed in high resolution on Goggle Earth
WhatRoute also provides network and
What's New
Version 1.10.7:
  • New program Icon
  • Google Earth - Better handling of meridian crossings.
  • LAN MONITOR - Show network flows on the world map.
  • PING - Show source and destination on the world map.
  • ADDRESS SCAN - Show source and destination on the world map.
  • INTERFACE MONITOR - Use either Linear or Logarithmic graph scales.
  • MAP WINDOW - Buttons initiate Google Eart, link to the MaxMind site and select the colours to use for network flows.
  • Internal - Fixes problem with starting the helper program.
  • Internal - Better scrolling in text windows.
  • Internal - Caches are all xml property lists.
Version 1.10.7:
  • New program Icon
  • Google Earth - Better handling of meridian crossings.
  • LAN MONITOR - Show network flows on the world map.
  • PING - Show source and destination on the world map.
  • ADDRESS SCAN - Show source and destination on the world map.
  • INTERFACE MONITOR - Use either Linear or Logarithmic graph scales.
  • MAP WINDOW - more...
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 or later



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WhatRoute User Discussion (Write a Review)
ver. 1.x:
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+47
Scrivens commented on 09 Feb 2012
Can't get 1.10.7 to work on my 2011 iMac under 10.6.8 no matter where it is installed. Asks for the admin password, then 'loading database' then spinning beachball and 'Application not responding' in Activity monitor. 10.1.6 still works fine.
[Version 1.10.7]

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+96
Gregm replied on 09 Feb 2012
Removing net.whatroute prefs and cache from user library folder fixed that for me.
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+39
Mousee replied on 10 Feb 2012
Thanks Gregm, I had the exact same problem and you solved it. Cheers.
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Meersworld replied on 10 Feb 2012
Yes, removing the two files from the Preferences folder took care of my problem as suggested by Gregm.
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+96
Gregm replied on 10 Feb 2012
See developer's response under the troubleshooting tab.

Side note-- he responded to my bug report in less than an hour. Made a small paypal contribution for his work.
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+47
Scrivens replied on 10 Feb 2012
Thanks guys, worked a treat.
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+3
Hkim replied on 11 Feb 2012
Thanks as well. I had exactly the same problem in 10.6.8
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+28

Pfoomer reviewed on 01 Dec 2011
Works ok on 10.6.8, and it gets better with each release.

Nice to have an alternative to the 'lets leave the customers in the lurch' alternative payware.

Only improvement I can suggest is the inclusion of a README in the package, which includes the following line...

Move the program (thats the little blue and white thing) to the application folder, or it wont work.
[Version 1.10.6]


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W_h_k reviewed on 01 Dec 2011
Tells me three times about the need to enter admin name and password, never asks for it, then quits because WhatRouteHelper has not started.
Total failure.
[Version 1.10.6]

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Foyan replied on 01 Dec 2011
+1
Actually seems unusable on OS 10.6.8.
Did revert to 1.10.3
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+13
Foyan replied on 01 Dec 2011
Oh btw 1.10.5 is just working fine also.
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+1
Spaf replied on 01 Dec 2011
Yup, same problem in 10.7.2. Back to the previous version...
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+96
Gregm replied on 01 Dec 2011
Core2 Duo OS 10.6.8.
Works just fine **AFTER** you move it off the DMG ---- screws up every time that you try to run it from the mounted disk image (HINT-HINT)
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+3
Bryan Christianson (developer) replied on 01 Dec 2011
Copy the WhatRoute application from the mounted disk image to a folder on your system that has no space characters (" ") in the path.

WhatRouteHelper will then run correctly.

This is a minor glitch with a simple work-around.
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+13
Foyan replied on 01 Dec 2011
So doing, 1.10.6 works as expected, indeed.
Thanks for the tip.
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+51
TGBX replied on 01 Dec 2011
Space character bug notwithstanding, it's NEVER a good idea to run apps off a mounted disk image. You're ALWAYS supposed to copy to the hard drive before running. That's like Mac 101. Why do you think Firefox, Skype, Adium, Camino, GraphicConverter and most other apps place a background image on the dmg which gives you this instruction? It's unfair to vote a product down because you either don't know how to use a Mac, or otherwise consciously choose to misuse it.
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W_h_k replied on 02 Dec 2011
I tried it in vain on 10.7.2. Now i read that I can't put it in my folder "3rd party utilities" because of a "no space in folder name allowed" bug, that was introduced in the new release ...
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+96
Gregm replied on 02 Dec 2011
"Now i read that I can't put it in my folder "3rd party utilities""

Why not just put the application in your Applications folder and then put an alias where-ever you like. You can avoid a lot of grief all over (not just this app) if you try to work within the Apple system standards.
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+97
xXAkumuXx replied on 09 Feb 2012
I know a lot of people that don't know how to install apps in OS X. There should be a beginner tutorial video on these most rudimentary of Mac tasks.
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+46

Chrischram reviewed on 01 Sep 2011
This is probably the least stable application I use under Lion. Lots of crashes and scrolling just doesn't work right at all. I can't dump it though. It's just too useful.
[Version 1.10.5]


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+27

Donmontalvo reviewed on 25 Jul 2011
Stable, reliable under 10.6.8...how about Lion?
[Version 1.10.5]


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+76

Islandmacman reviewed on 09 Apr 2011
This is a flashback app... it's straight out of the last century... in a good way imo

As with the previous comment:
the app description needs an update - there are many features in this application that are pretty cool yet unadvertised. The Google map link is a great feature.

I'm on the fence with the interface - it definitely needs work, yet somehow I feel like there should be two versions - one with an OS 9 look, and the other with a modern OS X slickness.

Regardless, it is good to see WhatRoute again, thanks.
[Version 1.10.4]


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+22
_ado commented on 02 Oct 2010
The description needs to be improved. Looking at the description alone, the application seems nothing more than a GUI wrapper for the traceroute command line function. However, after downloading and checking the application, it comes with several other useful functions, not the least a map. The interface does need some work, though, as it seems to be straight from the OS9 era.
[Version 1.10.1]


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Passion4diving reviewed on 25 Sep 2010
This version fails to start on 10.5.8. It keeps saying that a pane would ask for my administrator password but failed to show that pane.

Oh well.
[Version 1.10.0]

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+96
Gregm commented on 25 Sep 2010
Yup -- it does that when you try to run it from the disk image.

Try copying it to your apps folder, then run it from there. It works.

(My machine is a PPC OSX 10.5.8)
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+88

Big77 reviewed on 18 Aug 2010
Since installing 1.9.1 every address I enter resolves to 110.211.5.0. (The older version works correctly.) I wrote to the developer but did not receive a reply.

Further comments: takes nearly 10 seconds before it begins to resolve. If I cancel a trace before complete then WhatRoute crashes upon quitting.

Like the product, like the idea, but this version needs a some work!
[Version 1.9.1]

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Big77 replied on 11 Jan 2011
Developer did eventually contact me. He apologized and said he was ill. He was extremely responsive from that point on and fixed the problem after some investigation. A pleasure to work with!
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+22
Satcomer commented on 14 Aug 2010
Love this program now it's working on 10.6. Now please include an Update function in the program and I will donate again!
[Version 1.9.1]


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Gregm had trouble on 09 Feb 2012
Removing net.whatroute prefs and cache created by older version "cures" the lock-up when 1.10.7 is installed after using older version.
[Version 1.10.7]

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Bryan Christianson (developer) replied on 10 Feb 2012
There is a small uninstall applet that will delete the old settings.
See http://whatroute.net/download.html
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+96
Gregm had trouble on 01 Dec 2011
It *WILL* fail if you try to run it from the downloaded disk image. Drag it to your applications folder/ desk top/ where-ever to run it
[Version 1.10.6]



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Hkim rated on 29 Jul 2011

[Version 1.10.5]




Andrians rated on 08 Apr 2011

[Version 1.10.4]


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Date:09 Feb 2012
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A geo-location server is queried and the locations of the hosts discovered in a trace or seen active on the LAN, can be plotted on a low resolution map or viewed in high resolution on Goggle Earth
WhatRoute also provides network and port scanning, ping, whois, dns, and lan monitoring functions.
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