Is there a method or tool(s) to prove network outages?

Sun Dec 1 17:42:18 UTC 2013

I'm actually halfway through trying to setup a smokeping appliance. 

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-----Original Message-----
From: joel jaeggli <joelja at bogus.com>
Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 09:38:39 
To: Dobbins, Roland<rdobbins at arbor.net>; nanog at nanog.org list<nanog at nanog.org>
Subject: Re: Is there a method or tool(s) to prove network outages?

On 12/1/13, 9:23 AM, Dobbins, Roland wrote:
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> On Dec 2, 2013, at 12:19 AM, joel jaeggli <joelja at bogus.com> wrote:
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>> 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.
> 
> I think he's actually the end-customer, and he's saying that his upstream transit ISP won't accept non-RF-specific diags . . .

and if you don't control any of the air interfaces you don't get that.

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