Setting rules for a traceroute

To set a new rule select the traceroute from the list of monitored traceroutes and click the View Rules link to the left hand side of the monitored traceroutes window.

The following dialog box will appear

When a new rule is added it will appear in the Private rules for... list to the right hand side of the dialog box. To create a new rule click the Add a new rule link to the left side of the dialog box. This will bring up the dialog box below

The new rule window consists of 4 steps, conditions, actions, exceptions and configure rule. When options are checked in the first 3 steps RoutePlotter adds each option to step 4. When the options for the new rule are chosen the rule now needs to be configured.

When a rule is added that contains a variable value item that needs to be set for the rule (such as a millisecond alarm value) it will be shown as a blue underline placeholder. To configure the rule just click the blue underlined placeholder. This will either rotate through some options such as low, normal and high for the priority setting or provide an edit box for a value to be entered such as an email address needed for an email alert rule.

If the 'without loose source routing through <an ip path>' is selected the following dialog box will appear:

The 'Without loose source routing through' rule will be broken if the traceroute path doesn't include a set of IP's i.e. the route stops going through a server. Specify the IP's needed to route through by adding each IP to a different line in the text box. More than one IP on a line (separated by a space) means the route can go through any one of the IP's.