{"id":42287,"date":"2016-10-07T17:49:23","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T14:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web-mng.iptp.com\/?page_id=282"},"modified":"2016-10-07T17:49:23","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T14:49:23","slug":"lg","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web-lab-1.m4.iptp.net\/pt_PT\/iptp-tools\/lg\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking Glass"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"lg-section mt-4 rounded pb-3 pe-3\">\n<div class=\"row mx-0\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-4 lg-sidebar p-3 p-lg-4 mt-4\">\n<h2 class=\"text-primary2 fs-3 text-normal ps-3 mt-0 mb-4\">What is Looking Glass?<\/h2>\n<div class=\"nav bp-nav flex-column nav-pills\" id=\"v-pills-tab\" role=\"tablist\" aria-orientation=\"vertical\"><button class=\"nav-link text-start active\" id=\"bp-tab-sec1\" data-bs-toggle=\"pill\" data-bs-target=\"#bp-content-sec1\" type=\"button\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"bp-content-sec1\" aria-selected=\"true\">What is Looking Glass?<\/button><button class=\"nav-link text-start js-bp-tab-sec2-target\" id=\"bp-tab-sec2\" data-bs-toggle=\"pill\" data-bs-target=\"#bp-content-sec2\" type=\"button\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"bp-content-sec2\" aria-selected=\"false\">Benefits<\/button><button class=\"nav-link text-start js-bp-tab-sec3-target\" id=\"bp-tab-sec3\" data-bs-toggle=\"pill\" data-bs-target=\"#bp-content-sec3\" type=\"button\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"bp-content-sec3\" aria-selected=\"false\">How to use?<\/button><button class=\"nav-link text-start js-bp-tab-sec4-target\" id=\"bp-tab-sec4\" data-bs-toggle=\"pill\" data-bs-target=\"#bp-content-sec4\" type=\"button\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"bp-content-sec4\" aria-selected=\"false\">The meanings of each query<\/button><button class=\"nav-link text-start js-bp-tab-sec5-target\" id=\"bp-tab-sec5\" data-bs-toggle=\"pill\" data-bs-target=\"#bp-content-sec5\" type=\"button\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"bp-content-sec5\" aria-selected=\"false\">Understand the results<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-8 p-3 pb-0 p-lg-4 pb-lg-0 lg-content rounded bg-white mt-5\">\n<div class=\"tab-content\" id=\"v-pills-tabContent\">\n<div class=\"tab-pane fade show active\" id=\"bp-content-sec1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"bp-tab-sec1\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div class=\"lg-img\" style='background:url(\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/lg-illustr2.png\") no-repeat left\/cover'>\n<div class=\"lg-img-inner\">\n<h2 class=\"text-uppercase text-secondary my-0 pt-5 fs-3 fw-bold\">Looking Glass-<\/h2>\n<p class=\"\">Easily seeing through all your demanding internet routes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"border-bottom mb-3 border-1\"><\/div>\n<p>What is Looking Glass? and why ISPs need this tool so much? Every newbie in the Telco world must have asked this question at least once but had some difficulties in finding a useful answer, therefore, with this article, IPTP Networks will help you go through the definition and how to use this Looking Glass tool, as well as how to understand its results.<\/p>\n<p>Looking Glass is the tool that provides users with information related to an ISP&rsquo;s backbone routing and the efficiency of their network. It allows you to search up our routing information via IP address (or prefix) and router with only a few simple steps. This tool lets you search for the information in 3 types of queries: BGP, ping, and traceroute.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-md-end text-center\"><button class=\"btn text-uppercase js-bp-tab-sec1 lg-page--next\"><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tab-pane fade\" id=\"bp-content-sec2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"bp-tab-sec2\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div class=\"lg-img\" style='background:url(\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/lg-illustr2.png\") no-repeat left\/cover'>\n<div class=\"lg-img-inner\">\n<h2 class=\"text-secondary text-normal my-0 pt-5 fs-3 fw-bold\">Looking Glass Tool Benefits<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"border-bottom mb-3 border-1\"><\/div>\n<p>The Internet is made up of many separate connections, and these connections can occasionally fail. The Internet is also made up of a number of other networks, some of which have trouble communicating with one another. This could be a BGP peering issue or another type of connectivity issue.<\/p>\n<p>In these cases, Looking Glass is an essential tool for troubleshooting Internet-related networking problems from the servers to the end user&rsquo;s devices. It is also a reliable friend for you in determining who can offer the best IP transit service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-md-end text-center\"><button class=\"btn text-uppercase js-bp-tab-sec2 lg-page--next\"><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tab-pane fade\" id=\"bp-content-sec3\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"bp-tab-sec3\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<p>To start the search:<\/p>\n<p>1. Select the query you want (BGP, ping, trace)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" alt=\"ping bg trace\" data-src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/lg-3-1.png\" class=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<p>2. Type in the IP address or prefix<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" alt=\"ping bg trace\" data-src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/lg-3-2.png\" class=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<p>3. Choose the desired Router from the dropdown list<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" alt=\"ping bg trace\" data-src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/lg-3-3.png\" class=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<p>4. After every field is ready, press &ldquo;Run&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" alt=\"ping bg trace\" data-src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/lg-3-4.png\" class=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-md-end text-center\"><button class=\"btn text-uppercase js-bp-tab-sec3 lg-page--next\"><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tab-pane fade\" id=\"bp-content-sec4\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"bp-tab-sec4\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div class=\"rounded bg-primary px-4 py-3 text-white mb-3\">\n<div class=\"d-flex justify-content-between flex-wrap lg-radio\" role=\"tablist\">\n<div class=\"form-check active\" data-bs-target=\"#bgp-show\" data-bs-toggle=\"tab\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"bgp-show\" aria-selected=\"true\"><input class=\"form-check-input\" type=\"radio\" name=\"lgSelect\" id=\"bgp-radio\" checked><label class=\"form-check-label c-cursor\" for=\"bgp-radio\">BGP<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"form-check\" data-bs-target=\"#ping-show\" data-bs-toggle=\"tab\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"ping-show\" aria-selected=\"false\"><input class=\"form-check-input\" type=\"radio\" name=\"lgSelect\" id=\"ping-radio\"><label class=\"form-check-label c-cursor\" for=\"ping-radio\">Ping<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"form-check\" data-bs-target=\"#trace-show\" data-bs-toggle=\"tab\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"trace-show\" aria-selected=\"false\"><input class=\"form-check-input\" type=\"radio\" name=\"lgSelect\" id=\"trace-radio\"><label class=\"form-check-label c-cursor\" for=\"trace-radio\">Trace<\/label><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tab-content\" id=\"lgTabContent\">\n<div id=\"bgp-show\" class=\"tab-pane fade show active\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"bgp-show\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<p>BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) routing: shows the routes available from the source IP address to the selected routers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" alt=\"bg\" data-src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/lg-bgp3.png\" class=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ping-show\" class=\"tab-pane fade\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"ping-show\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<p>Ping: allows you to view round trip time between a selected router and a specified IP address.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" alt=\"ping\" data-src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/lg-ping3.png\" class=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"trace-show\" class=\"tab-pane fade\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"trace-show\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<p>Traceroute: helps you see how packets travel, including seeing hops encountered in the path, across an IP network and the router.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" alt=\"trace\" data-src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/lg-trace3.png\" class=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"text-md-end text-center\"><button class=\"btn text-uppercase js-bp-tab-sec4 lg-page--next\"><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tab-pane fade\" id=\"bp-content-sec5\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"bp-tab-sec5\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div class=\"rounded bg-primary px-4 py-3 text-white mb-3\">\n<div class=\"d-flex justify-content-between flex-wrap lg-radio\" role=\"tablist\">\n<div class=\"form-check active\" data-bs-target=\"#sec5-bgp-show\" data-bs-toggle=\"tab\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"sec5-bgp-show\" aria-selected=\"true\"><input class=\"form-check-input\" type=\"radio\" name=\"sect5lgSelect\" id=\"setc5-bgp-radio\" checked><label class=\"form-check-label c-cursor\" for=\"setc5-bgp-radio\">BGP<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"form-check\" data-bs-target=\"#sec5-ping-show\" data-bs-toggle=\"tab\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"sec5-ping-show\" aria-selected=\"false\"><input class=\"form-check-input\" type=\"radio\" name=\"sect5lgSelect\" id=\"setc5-ping-radio\"><label class=\"form-check-label c-cursor\" for=\"setc5-ping-radio\">Ping<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"form-check\" data-bs-target=\"#sec5-trace-show\" data-bs-toggle=\"tab\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"sec5-trace-show\" aria-selected=\"false\"><input class=\"form-check-input\" type=\"radio\" name=\"sect5lgSelect\" id=\"setc5-trace-radio\"><label class=\"form-check-label c-cursor\" for=\"setc5-trace-radio\">Trace<\/label><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tab-content\" id=\"sect5lgTabContent\">\n<div id=\"sec5-bgp-show\" class=\"tab-pane fade show active\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"bgp-show\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" class=\"img-fluid lazy\" alt=\"Looking Glass\" data-src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/lg-bgp4.png\"><\/p>\n<p>The above picture is basically what we get when we run the Looking Glass network tool using the BGP query. Based on the results of Looking Glass, in NIKHEF, we can see there are 2 routes from IPTP to the IP range &ldquo;5.44.136.0\/21&rdquo;, in which, the route through Lumen with IP peer of &ldquo;212.72.47.241&rdquo; has the best quality.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, we can see the number &ldquo;3356&rdquo; is Lumen&rsquo;s AS number and 3292 is Tele Denmark&rsquo;s ASN. And 212.72.47.241 is the IP that Lumen uses to establish a BGP session with IPTP.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sec5-ping-show\" class=\"tab-pane fade\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"ping-show\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" class=\"img-fluid lazy\" alt=\"Looking Glass\" data-src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/lg-ping4.png\"><\/p>\n<p>The results that appear will show you how many data packets the system has sent to the destination and returned to the source. Based on this knowledge, you can find out how much possibility (in percentage) is that the router can &laquo;ping&raquo; to the IP address successfully (In this example, it is 100% with 5\/5 packets successfully sent and returned). Moreover, in the below lines, you can also see the minimum\/average\/maximum round-trip time for those packets to travel from the source location to the end user&rsquo;s devices or servers (in this case, 1\/1\/4 ms).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sec5-trace-show\" class=\"tab-pane fade\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"trace-show\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" class=\"img-fluid lazy\" alt=\"Looking Glass\" data-src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/lg-trace4.png\"><\/p>\n<p>Talking about the same &laquo;trip&raquo;, but instead of showing the total round trip time, the Traceroute query illustrates all the hops that occurred on the path and the time those data packets took to go through those hops.<\/p>\n<p>In wired computer networking, including the Internet, a hop occurs when a packet is passed from one network segment to the next. The hop count refers to the number of network devices through which data passes from source to destination. Since data storage-forwarding, as well as additional latency, is often incurred per hop, the larger the number of hops between source and destination, the lower the real-time performance will be.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"fw-bold\">(Disclaimer: The information and pictures above are only used for demonstration purposes and not for research or any other purposes)<\/p>\n<p>To read more about our global Internet connectivities, please take a look at our <a href=\"https:\/\/web-lab-1.m4.iptp.net\/pt_PT\/internet-access\/ip-transit\/\">IP Transit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To do further investigation of transcontinental latency, kindly visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/web-lab-1.m4.iptp.net\/pt_PT\/iptp-tools\/best-path\/\">Best Path<\/a> tool.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"text-md-end text-center\"><button class=\"btn text-uppercase js-bp-tab-sec3 lg-page--next lg-page--prev\"><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>   <script>jQuery(function(c){c(document).ready(function(){c(\".js-bp-tab-sec1\").on(\"click\",function(){c(\".js-bp-tab-sec2-target\").trigger(\"click\")}),c(\".js-bp-tab-sec2\").on(\"click\",function(){c(\".js-bp-tab-sec3-target\").trigger(\"click\")}),c(\".js-bp-tab-sec3\").on(\"click\",function(){c(\".js-bp-tab-sec4-target\").trigger(\"click\")}),c(\".js-bp-tab-sec4\").on(\"click\",function(){c(\".js-bp-tab-sec5-target\").trigger(\"click\")})})})<\/script><br>\n<\/p><\/section><h3 class=\"text-noraml text-secondary\">Contact<\/h3><p>If you experience a problem with this site that you would like to report, please contact us at<a> <span class=\"sp-user\">cs<\/span><span class=\"sp-domain\">iptp.net<\/span> <\/a>or use the<a href=\"javascript:popupchat()\"> &ldquo;Live Assistant&rdquo; <\/a>button on the bottom right of the webpage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":42315,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-looking-glass.php","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-42287","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-lab-1.m4.iptp.net\/pt_PT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-lab-1.m4.iptp.net\/pt_PT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-lab-1.m4.iptp.net\/pt_PT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web-lab-1.m4.iptp.net\/pt_PT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web-lab-1.m4.iptp.net\/pt_PT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web-lab-1.m4.iptp.net\/pt_PT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42287\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web-lab-1.m4.iptp.net\/pt_PT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-lab-1.m4.iptp.net\/pt_PT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}