How to use MTR on MacOS

Introduction

MTR is a network diagnostic utility.

Use the following procedure to install and use MTR on MacOS.

Procedure

1. Install the brew package manager if it is not already installed:

https://docs.brew.sh/Installation

mkdir homebrew && curl -L https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/tarball/master | tar xz --strip 1 -C homebrew

2. Install the mtr utililty with brew:

brew install mtr

3. Run the mtr command according to your specific needs. Here is an example of a command to check port 80:

sudo mtr --tcp --port 80 --report --report-cycles 10 exampledomain.tld

Port 2087:

sudo mtr --tcp --port 2087 --report --report-cycles 10 exampledomain.tld

You can learn how to use mtr and interpret the reports that it provides at the following resource:

Diagnosing Network Issues with MTR