Magic NetTrace combines ping, WHOIS and traceroute functions into one friendly easy-to-use utility. The program can track the route your packets follow on the way to any existing IP address or web host and perform WHOIS lookup for all hosts your packets come through. Magic NetTrace performs the WHOIS lookup in the Internet IP registry. If a domain name associated with a particular IP address exists, Magic NetTrace will also lookup this domain name in the various domain registries. The data supplied enables you to identify the geographic location of a web host or an IP address, the number of hosts passed on the way to the destination, and the remote host response time. Magic NetTrace can also retrieve IP addresses of ICQ contacts and identify geographic locations of your ICQ buddies. When you install the program, it adds a quick start button to the Internet Explorer toolbar, letting you trace the route to any page currently open in the browser window. Unlike many other programs, Magic NetTrace uses multithreading to perform traceroute and WHOIS queries, which provides a dramatic performance increase. You can save all traceroute results to a file, copy them to the clipboard or print.

Registration and Licensing
License type: Shareware, 20-day trial.
The unregistered version displays a nag-screen and performs the WHOIS lookup for the .com domains only.
 
Distribution limitations: You may freely distribute ONLY THE TRIAL VERSION OF THIS PROGRAM.

History
  May 22 2003 Version 2.5
   - Improved the appearance of program elements when using various styles.
   - Added whois queries for Armenian (.am), Estonian (.em), Soviet Union (.se) and Tokelau (.tk) domains.
   - Updated IP address range map that allows you to select a number of repeating whois queries if an error occurs.
  October 05 2003 Version 2.00
   - Add Dutch, Greek, French interface.
   - Fixed socks proxy bugs.
   - Added support for visual styles/themes.
   - Added whois search for Tuvalu (.tv) and Libya (.ly).
   - Improved processing .cc domain requests.
   - Added url and e-mail address highlighting for the whois search results window. Now you can simply click any desired e-mail and this will launch your e-mail client.
  April 22 2003 Version 1.11
   - Add Spanish, Catalan interface.
   - Add Socks 4/5 proxy support.
   - Add Saudi Arabia(.sa) Peru(.pe) Panama(.pa) Greece(.gr) Malaysia(.my) Latvia(.lt) whois lookup.
  March 14 2003 Version 1.08
   - Add (.pt)Portuguese Domain Whois lookup.
   - Add German interface.
  January 8 2003 Version 1.07
   - Fixed minor bugs.
   - Add Lanic Network Whois query support.
   - Add windows XP styles support.
   - Add Italian interface .
  November 18 2002 Version 1.06
   - Fixed several minor bugs.
   - Fixed bugs with .com domain query
  November 4 2002 Version 1.05
   - Fixed several minor bugs.
   - Change ARIN.NET whois format query.
 October 20, 2002 Version 1.04
   - Fixed several minor bugs related to WHOIS lookup. Added the WHOIS lookup support for Spanish (.es), Argentinean (.ar) and Brazilian (.br) domains.
  October 01, 2002 Version 1.03
   - Fixed the bug related to launching the program using the IE toolbar button.
   - Added local WHOIS caching for storing previous requests.
   - Interface improvements.
  August 29, 2002 Version 1.02
    - Fixed a number of minor bugs.
  August 19, 2002 Version 1.01
    - First public release.

Installation:
Run mNTr.exe and follow the on-screen instructions.

System Requirements:
Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
For browser integration Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher is required.
Windows 95 users may need to download Winsock 2.0 at: http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/wuadmintools/s_wunetworkingtools/ w95sockets2/default.asp