[RIPE Atlas Ambassadors] Probes behind Hotspots or alike

Hello,

> I am not going to conclude that probes should have direct interfaces to
> resolve this, but this matter should be addressed in some way (maybe similar
> to the static address configuration) in the next firmware updates.

The probes are specifically designed to be headless -- ie. they expect that
the network, or the operator of the network instructs them about local
configuration (such as IP, DNS resolvers, ...). This works well. (And as
Philip explained, they even support static configs ;-)

Technically it's possible to add all kinds of smart heuristics in various
failure scenarios. But the expected benefit (ie. how many probes become
connected because of these features) is very likely low, while the amount of
work to make these happen is probably substantial.

I strongly prefer to keep them simple network clients, as much as possible.

Regards,
Robert