[167106] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Is there a method or tool(s) to prove network outages?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (joel jaeggli)
Sun Dec 1 12:20:10 2013
Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 09:19:51 -0800
From: joel jaeggli <joelja@bogus.com>
To: Notify Me <notify.sina@gmail.com>, nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <CACK8u8+yFWmdJ8Km8eG+ubA-8quf4Q9AHrKU0TNJ85_vy0sDrQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On 12/1/13, 8:56 AM, Notify Me wrote:
> Hi Everyone
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> Please I have a very problematic radio link which goes out and back on
> again every few hours.
> The only way I know this is happening is from my gateway device: a Soph=
os
> UTM that sends email anytime there's been an outage.
>
> The ISP refuses to accept this as outage/instability proof, and I'm
> wondering if there's something I can run behind the gateway UTM that ca=
n
> provide output information over time.
> They seem to be a primarily Windows+Cisco shop (as is common here in th=
e
> 4th world). We are primarily Linux.
> Is there some set of command incantations I can run who's output I can=
> collect and send to them (besides some sort of sustained ping)?
Given a measurement target on the customer side and smokeping instance
on your side you can actively measure the availability/latency/loss
rates between them.
> Thanks in advance!
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> Sina
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