NetTK, Network Tool Kit, is an Open Source alternative for monitoring and troubleshooting your network. NetTK is a modular and open source approach to monitoring network statistics. It was born due to my ISP having what I dubbed "frequent micro outages". While attempting to investigate the cause of the problem, and determine whether it was my own router/modem or their network, I discovered that there was no good tool for this purpose. Some tools claim to solve this issue, but are rigid and cost money. Often times, they ran only on one platform or would only allow you to perform a ping to specific places.