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by AndyJPartridge 5245 days ago
You could make it more educational by explaining what some of the terms on the page mean.

For example, I don't currently know what the ASN is.

The top-10 lists are amusing, and I'd make the results there links to the engine so we can avoid having to type 127.0.0.1 to see what happens.

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Ah :-)

"Autonomous System numbers (ASNs) are globally unique identifiers for Autonomous Systems."

I'd also add some information as to where/why the origin of the trace route is - I'm not sure how useful it is to have it come from some random location in France for me.

I plan to add multiple locations over the next week or so, you will be able to select where you want the source to be, or have multiple sources :)
ASN: autonomous system number, it's basically the ISP your traffic is routing through.

Thanks for the idea, will add some tool tips to the page, also I plan to have a link on the ASN so you can see the more detailed ISP information.

Clickable link in the stats page, added :)