[RIPE Atlas Ambassadors] Software vs Hardware probes

(just discovering this old thread...)

In the meantime, Steve has published an article about software VS
hardware probes:

https://labs.ripe.net/Members/stephen_strowes/reviewing-ripe-atlas-software-probes

Cheers,
vesna

On 03/09/2020 17:21, Stephen D. Strowes wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Probes should be tagged either as 'software' or with their hardware
> 'version', v[1-4]. V3 == tp-link, V4 == nanopi.
> 
> For the sake of reference and for the list, the hardware versions are
> described at the bottom of this page: https://atlas.ripe.net/about/probes/
> 
> The API will filter by tag if you ask it; for example,
> https://atlas.ripe.net/api/v2/probes/?tags=system-v4, or
> system-software, etc.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> S.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 03/09/2020 17:04, Marty Strong wrote:
>> Hi Matt,
>>
>> Thanks for the reply! I'm familiar with the tags, but don't see a tag
>> for the architecture type (tp-link, nano pi et al.) on the hardware
>> probes. I also wondered if there would be a way to filter on the
>> probes search page: https://atlas.ripe.net/probes/
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Marty
>>
>> On Thu, 3 Sep 2020 at 15:22, Matt Parker <mparker at ripe.net
>> <mailto:mparker at ripe.net>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hi Marty,
>>
>>     RIPE Atlas uses "System Tags" to apply this type of information to
>>     individual probes.
>>
>>     Here is an example of a Software Probe:
>>     https://atlas.ripe.net/probes/1000278/
>>
>>     Here is an example of a V3 Hardware probe:
>>     https://atlas.ripe.net/probes/35433/
>>
>>     When creating new measurements you can choose to either include or
>>     exclude certain tags depending on what you are trying to achieve.
>>
>>     Hope this helps!
>>
>>     Kind regards,
>>     Matt
>>
>>     ----------------------------------
>>     Matt Parker
>>     Business Analyst
>>     RIPE Network Coordination Centre
>>     ----------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>>     On 03/09/2020 16:01, Marty Strong wrote:
>>     > Posting to the list hoping somebody has already found the answer :)
>>     >
>>     > Is there a way to filter by probe architecture, or perhaps
>>     software vs
>>     > hardware probes?
>>     >
>>     > Marty
>>     >
>>     >
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