Visualware heeft zojuist in de vorm van versie 10.0c een maintenance release van VisualRoute 2006 uitgebracht. Dit programma is van oorsprong een grafische tegenhanger van het 'tracert' commando, waarmee gezien kan worden via welke weg de datapakketjes over het netwerk worden verstuurd. In de loop van de tijd zijn er meer opties toegevoegd zoals een reverse DNS en Whois lookups, en een eMailTracker waarmee e-mail servers geïdentificeerd kunnen worden. De software is verkrijgbaar voor Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X en Windows, en is afhankelijk van de registratiecode in verschillende varianten te gebruiken. Zo zijn er onder andere de Personal Edition, de nieuw geïntroduceerde Advanced Edition en een Business Edition. Een overzicht met de onderlinge verschillen kan op deze pagina worden gevonden. Tot slot nog even een opsomming van alle nieuwe mogelijkheden in VisualRoute 2006:
VisualRoute 2006 Enhancements for ALL EDITIONS:VisualRoute 2006 Enhancements for ADVANCED EDITION:
- Improved GUI. New multiple tab GUI design makes navigating and viewing multiple traces possible.
- Live update. Integrated live update allows you to check for product updates and automatically download and install selected updates.
- Firefox integration. Automatically start a traceroute from Firefox for the page being viewed.
- Multiple maps. Choose from three popular map displays, including physical and political map options.
VisualRoute 2006 Enhancements for BUSINESS, SERVER, SUPPORT and PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT EDITIONS:
- Traceroute history data. History files for all trace routes are automatically created for future review and reporting.
- Ping Plotter history data. History files for all Ping Plotter graphs are automatically saved for future review and reporting.
- Continuous traces. Measure connection performance over an extended period of time by specifying a traceroute to be run continuously.
- DNS Performance Testing. Measures and reports on domain lookup response.
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- Traceroute history data. History files for all trace routes are automatically created for future review and reporting.
- Ping Plotter history data. History files for all Ping Plotter graphs are automatically saved for future review and reporting.
- Continuous traces. Measure connection performance over an extended period of time by specifying a traceroute to be run continuously.
- DNS Performance Testing. Measures and reports on domain lookup response.
- Trace report comparison. This advanced feature provides the ability to compare two traceroutes side by side. This allows you to compare things like average response time and packet loss between two different times.
- Customizable maps. Now you can create and include custom maps for VisualRoute mapping. VisualRoute allows the user to make use of the custom maps in a number of different ways during route analysis.
- Ping Plotter browser. Access the VisualRoute Ping Plotter feature from within the VisualRoute server browser GUI. This feature is only supported in the Business Edition and Server Edition.