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NetPath Network Path Analysis

Q: How does NetPath Network Path Analysis work?

How does NetPath Network Path Analysis work? Using distributed monitoring and path analysis, NetPath™ is designed to automatically create an end-to-end map of how applications are delivered to your end users. You can quickly identify network problems, locate paths to key applications or users who are down, and better understand how well your network delivers applications with the NetPath feature. However, NetPath goes beyond simply discovering the node-by-node network path traffic follows—it also quantifies each link and node’s performance. NetPath will even isolate the node responsible for suboptimal performance. To start using NetPath to create a comprehensive map, deploy agents on Windows computers. Acting as synthetic users, these agents will map and test the paths traffic follows to network endpoints via advanced probing. For example, you can quickly discover the network path traffic takes on the way to your website, external websites, or your local file print server. After mapping the network path and quantifying each node and connection’s performance, NetPath will provide additional performance data for your nodes. Not only is this tool capable of displaying performance details for your on-premises devices by incorporating data from SolarWinds ® Network Configuration Monitor (NCM), SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA), and SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM)—it can also display details for those outside your network. If NetPath identifies an external issue, it’s built to provide you with the name and contact information of the company that owns the underperforming node.

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Know about outages before your users. Identify a problem and the person to contact to solve it.

Visual analysis and problem solving for hybrid IT

See inside the internet cloud for the first time. NetPath is more than a visual traceroute tool that lets you see into all your critical network paths for deeper insights and faster time to resolution. See all devices, applications, networks, and vendors in single-page path analysis for more signal and less noise. Track every hop and view latency historically or in real-time.

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Map hybrid paths like never before

Get complete control of your internet. View performance with Network Performance Monitor, traffic with Network Traffic Analyzer , and configuration details of devices with Network Configuration Manager. With the NetPath™ feature, you can isolate network slowdowns and determine the actual person you need to contact to solve it. Understand your provider’s network better than they do with full hop-by-hop visibility into the entire network path.

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Enhanced quality of service for end-users

Increasingly complex environments require more robust tools for overall business success. Know about outages before your users, and see the exact location of the issue along your network path. NetPath measures the performance characteristics of each network node and link, making it easy to spot slowdowns. NetPath monitors connectivity from your users to the services they care about, determines what infrastructure is in the path, and where traffic slowdowns are occurring. It provides additional infrastructure data only when it appears to be related to a real problem.

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How does NetPath Network Path Analysis work?

Using distributed monitoring and path analysis, NetPath™ is designed to automatically create an end-to-end map of how applications are delivered to your end users. You can quickly identify network problems, locate paths to key applications or users who are down, and better understand how well your network delivers applications with the NetPath feature. However, NetPath goes beyond simply discovering the node-by-node network path traffic follows—it also quantifies each link and node’s performance. NetPath will even isolate the node responsible for suboptimal performance.

To start using NetPath to create a comprehensive map, deploy agents on Windows computers. Acting as synthetic users, these agents will map and test the paths traffic follows to network endpoints via advanced probing. For example, you can quickly discover the network path traffic takes on the way to your website, external websites, or your local file print server.

After mapping the network path and quantifying each node and connection’s performance, NetPath will provide additional performance data for your nodes. Not only is this tool capable of displaying performance details for your on-premises devices by incorporating data from SolarWinds^® Network Configuration Monitor (NCM), SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA), and SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM)—it can also display details for those outside your network. If NetPath identifies an external issue, it’s built to provide you with the name and contact information of the company that owns the underperforming node.

How does NetPath Network Path Analysis work?
Using distributed monitoring and path analysis, NetPath™ is designed to automatically create an end-to-end map of how applications are delivered to your end users. You can quickly identify network problems, locate paths to key applications or users who are down, and better understand how well your network delivers applications with the NetPath feature. However, NetPath goes beyond simply discovering the node-by-node network path traffic follows—it also quantifies each link and node’s performance. NetPath will even isolate the node responsible for suboptimal performance.
To start using NetPath to create a comprehensive map, deploy agents on Windows computers. Acting as synthetic users, these agents will map and test the paths traffic follows to network endpoints via advanced probing. For example, you can quickly discover the network path traffic takes on the way to your website, external websites, or your local file print server.
After mapping the network path and quantifying each node and connection’s performance, NetPath will provide additional performance data for your nodes. Not only is this tool capable of displaying performance details for your on-premises devices by incorporating data from SolarWinds^® Network Configuration Monitor (NCM), SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA), and SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM)—it can also display details for those outside your network. If NetPath identifies an external issue, it’s built to provide you with the name and contact information of the company that owns the underperforming node.

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