WhatRoute

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Apple notarization

A 2.1.8 release note states that WhatRoute became notarized by Apple.whatroute.net · read 15 Oct 2026

Bandwidth monitoring

Bandwidth Monitor provides a menubar display and a graph of input and output rates for a selected interface.whatroute.net · read 15 Oct 2026

CPU support

The current build is universal and runs natively on Intel and Apple Silicon Macs.whatroute.net · read 15 Oct 2026

Current helper hardening

Version 2.8.1 verifies helper clients with code-signing requirements instead of process-ID checks.whatroute.net · read 15 Oct 2026

DNS performance

The DNS Server Performance tool measures resolution times from multiple DNS servers.whatroute.net · read 15 Oct 2026

Editor rating on Softpedia

4.0 out of 5 from the Softpedia editor.mac.softpedia.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Elevated access

WhatRoute uses a privileged helper for network operations that require elevated privileges; the FAQ says administrator access is used to open a privileged raw-socket interface.whatroute.net · read 9 Oct 2026

Flow export

Flow-monitor records can be saved as CSV files for use in a text editor or spreadsheet.whatroute.net · read 15 Oct 2026

Flow monitoring

Flow Monitor records traffic flows on a selected interface and can show transferred data and the local process involved.whatroute.net · read 15 Oct 2026

Geographic mapping

The application plots network nodes and data paths on a world map with circles representing estimated location accuracy.whatroute.net · read 15 Oct 2026

Geolocation

WhatRoute uses the IP geolocation engine at ip-api.com to associate geographic data with IP addresses.whatroute.net · read 9 Oct 2026

Geolocation provider

WhatRoute uses the ip-api.com IP-geolocation service to associate geographic information with addresses.whatroute.net · read 15 Oct 2026

Helper security

The maker says the app and helper are code-signed and communicate using Apple-secured mechanisms so unrelated software cannot send helper messages.whatroute.net · read 15 Oct 2026

History

WhatRoute was first developed in 1996 for MacOS 7.5.3 and was included with MacOS 9 in 2001.whatroute.net · read 15 Oct 2026

Independent archive description

The University of Wisconsin Scout Archives describes WhatRoute as showing the geographic route of packets and viewing results in Google Earth.archives.internetscout.org · read 15 Oct 2026

Intended audience

The maker describes WhatRoute as freeware originally written to provide services for the Macintosh user community.whatroute.net · read 9 Oct 2026

Limit: administrator rights

The program will not run without installing its privileged helper, according to the helper documentation.whatroute.net · read 15 Oct 2026

Limit: macOS-only

Independent listings describe WhatRoute as a Mac application and do not list Windows, Linux, Android or iOS versions.mac.softpedia.com · read 15 Oct 2026

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