[atlas] j.root-servers.net ICMP?

Thu Nov 3 12:02:50 CET 2011

Probably because the probe isn't trying to get an answer, it's trying to observe whether the node is up and what the latency is.  So a failed ping is just as valuable as a successful ping.

--Richard

On Nov 3, 2011, at 10:59 AM, Marco Davids wrote:

> Hi,
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> Can anyone elaborate on why my Atlas probe is still trying to ping j.root-servers.net, while this seems futile since a few weeks?
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