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.