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Henk Uijterwaal
henk at uijterwaal.nl
Tue Dec 7 12:55:40 CET 2010
Hi, >> Anyway, what I think would be really cool for probe hosts is if the probe >> could give a little bit more information about the network where it is in >> and present that in a way understandable to the user. For example: >> >> * Probe has local address Yes/No >> * Probe sees local gateway " >> * Probe has Internet access >> * Pings to XX works >> * DNS query works >> * IMAP server responds >> * SMTP server responds >> * Popular website responds >> * SIP server responds >> * ... > > Note: there are a bunch of inputs here that would have to be pre-defined by > the user. I'm not convinced that a casual user, for whom this would be > useful, would ever define these in advance. The probe data is known for each ISP, so a probe can be pre-configured by an ISP. Lots of ISPs send modems to their users, the probe can be included in this shipment. Also, this particular ISP sends an engineer (for a fee) to the user to configure his connection. In that case, the probe can be configured on the spot. >> On the probe, run a webserver such that http://10.0.0.139 points you >> to the list showing you a list of "yes"/"no"'s. > > This would mean that the probe offers some externally accessible services. That is true. > One could drive this through the website, execute the tests on demand, but > that wouldn't work while a genuine network problem is happening. Well, yes, in this case you limit the test suite, though I still think that the remaining tests would be useful. Henk -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Henk Uijterwaal Email: henk.uijterwaal(at)ripe.net RIPE Network Coordination Centre http://www.xs4all.nl/~henku P.O.Box 10096 Singel 258 Phone: +31.20.5354414 1001 EB Amsterdam 1016 AB Amsterdam Fax: +31.20.5354445 The Netherlands The Netherlands Mobile: +31.6.55861746 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I confirm today what I denied yesterday. Anonymous Politician.
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