<div dir="ltr"><div><div>On a related note. I have Ripe Atlas probes that can be plugged into your network. I have four of them. If you are interested in installing them in your network please send me a mail offlist with the ISP (if you are one), AS number and the geographic location where you will setup the probe. More information at <a href="http://atlas.ripe.net" target="_blank">http://atlas.ripe.net</a> The probe is quite small and about 2-inch square. The probes are spread worldwide so the information about connectivity and latency (among other metrics) that can be gleaned from them is quite valuable.<br>
<br>"<br><div>You'll need to supply some electricity to the <span>probe</span> through its USB
cable. Any USB port capable of supplying 500mA should be fine; it could
be a free USB port on your home router, or you can use a </div><div>USB power
adapter. Note that devices that go into sleep mode (monitors with
built-in USB hubs, laptops, etc.) are not good enough as they usually
stop supplying power over USB when they go into sleep mode.</div><div>The <span>probes</span> don't support PoE out of the box, since this would make them
much more expensive to manufacture, and very few users would benefit
from it.</div><div><br></div><div>You also have to connect your <span>probe</span> to a physical Ethernet port.
Once this is done, the <span>probe</span> acquires an IP address and DNS resolver
information using DHCP and then tries to look up the controlling
infrastructure using DNS and connects to it over outgoing TCP port 443
(HTTPS) connections.</div>Once the <span>probe</span> is connected, the <span>probe</span> will automatically connect to the <span class="">RIPE</span> <span><span class="">Atlas</span></span> infrastructure
and begin performing pre-defined measurements. Once we see that the
<span>probe</span> is connected and have entered it into our system, you'll be able
to see your <span>probe</span> under the "My <span>Probes</span>" tab when logged in to <span class="">RIPE</span>
<span><span class="">Atlas</span></span>. Your <span>probe</span> will also begin earning credits that you can use to
perform your own user-defined measurements, which can provide valuable
information about the performance of your own network(s).<br>"<br><br></div>Thanks<br></div>Vinayak<br><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Devdas Bhagat <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:devdas@dvb.homelinux.org" target="_blank">devdas@dvb.homelinux.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Would ISPs in the region be interested in a monitoring ring setup?<br>
See <a href="https://ring.nlnog.net/" target="_blank">https://ring.nlnog.net/</a> for an example of what I'm referring to.<br>
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