A Looking Glass site provides information related to backbone routing and network efficiency. It encompasses three types of tests, namely PING, TRACE, and BGP and these can be used to assist external engineers to troubleshoot routing and connectivity issues from within MTN Global Connect IP Network.

• PING allows the user to view the response time between the source address, selected location, and the specified IP address.
• TRACE allows a user to view the route taken by a packet across the network between the source address, specified location and the destination IP address.
• BGP allows a user to view the routing table entries for a specified prefix and selected location.

The Internet is made up of several networks which peer with each other and some of these interconnected networks may have trouble communicating with one another due to failures.

A Looking Glass site is an essential tool that can assist with troubleshooting Internet-related networking problems from remote networks. This could be a BGP peering issue or another type of connectivity issue.

STEPS

1. Select the type of Query (BGP, Traceroute, or Ping)
2. Select the Location you want to query.
3. Input the Parameter (IP Address or Hostname ) for the selected query.
4. Click on Submit