We actually have real-time maps showing what the full networks sees in terms of ping RTTs. Specifically for j-root: https://atlas.ripe.net/atlas/rtt_maps.html?msm_id=1016 We'll also have anycast maps soon -- see https://labs.ripe.net/Members/kistel/new-ripe-atlas-features-in-the-making Regards, Robert On 2011.11.03. 12:02, Richard Barnes wrote:
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,
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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