MTR (Network Path) Monitoring for Hop-by-Hop Visibility
Combine traceroute and ping to map the full route between our global probes and your host, measuring latency and packet loss at every router along the way. When something degrades, you see exactly which hop is to blame instead of guessing why the destination feels slow.
Comprehensive MTR Monitoring Features
Everything you need to understand the whole network path
Hop-by-Hop Tracing
Map every router between our probes and your host on each run, so you can follow the exact route packets take to reach your destination.
Per-Hop Latency
Measure round-trip time at every hop, not just the endpoint, so a slow intermediate router is obvious long before it drags down the whole path.
Per-Hop Packet Loss
See where packets start disappearing along the route. Loss is reported for each hop so you can localize a congested or failing link with confidence.
Routing Change Detection
Spot when your traffic suddenly takes a different path. New hops or a reordered route often reveal a peering shift or upstream failover you'd otherwise miss.
Smart Alerting
Get notified within seconds when end-to-end loss or latency crosses your threshold, via email, Slack, Discord, and webhooks.
Multi-Location Paths
Run MTR from several regions to compare routes. The same host can be healthy on one path and broken on another, and only multi-region tracing reveals it.
Historical Path Reports
Review how the route, latency, and loss have changed over time with clear graphs, perfect for proving an ISP issue or tracing a slow regression.
Flexible Scheduling
Set check intervals to match how critical the link is, and configure maintenance windows so planned network work never triggers alerts.
Why Choose Our MTR Monitoring Solution?
Ordinary ping tells you a host is slow; MTR tells you why and where. By tracing every router on the path and measuring latency and loss at each hop, you turn a vague 'the network is bad' into a precise 'hop 7 at your ISP is dropping 12% of packets.' With probes around the world running continuously, you get the same diagnostic that engineers reach for during an outage, automated and watching around the clock.
Trace the full path to any public host or device
Per-hop latency and packet-loss metrics on every run
Localize problems to a specific router or link
Detect routing and peering changes automatically
Run paths from multiple global regions
Historical route, latency, and loss reports
Configurable thresholds and check intervals
Instant notifications via email, Slack, Discord, and more
How MTR Monitoring Works
Simple setup, deep network insight
Add Your Host
Enter an IP address or hostname and choose the regions you want to trace the path from.
Set Thresholds
Define acceptable end-to-end latency and packet-loss limits, and how many regions must agree before an alert fires.
Trace 24/7
Our global network runs MTR continuously, recording every hop along with its round-trip time and packet loss from each location.
Get Instant Alerts
When loss or latency degrades, you get immediate notifications and a full hop-by-hop breakdown that points straight to the problem.
MTR Monitoring Use Cases
Perfect for diagnosing problems no simple check can localize
Intermittent Connectivity
Track down flaky connections that ping alone can't explain. Per-hop tracing reveals the exact router where packets start dropping, turning an unreproducible complaint into a clear, actionable cause.
ISP & Peering Issues
Prove when the fault lies outside your infrastructure. MTR pinpoints loss and latency at upstream provider and peering hops, giving you the evidence to escalate to the right network operator.
Routing Change Detection
Catch the moment your traffic reroutes through a slower or congested path. Comparing routes over time surfaces failovers and peering shifts that quietly degrade performance.
Multi-Region Path Comparison
Understand why users in one region see problems and others don't. Tracing from several locations exposes regional routing issues and lets you compare healthy and broken paths side by side.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about MTR (network path) monitoring
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