[atlas] Dead Atlas Probe (TP-Link)

I have found that the Sandisk USB disks will fail, especially under low
voltage conditions (underpowered adapter, for example).

Alistair gave me instructions when mine failed.

     - Power off the RIPE Atlas Probe
     - Remove the USB stick
     - Power on the tp-link and connect it to the network
     - Wait for 5 minutes
     - Insert the USB stick while the RIPE Atlas Probe is powered.

If that doesn't work, try a new 4GB USB drive instead.

SanDisk was good about replacing the failed USB drive, but I think I'd use
a different brand than can tolerate lower power.

On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Florian Streibelt <florian at inet.tu-berlin.de
> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I got a probe returned that was not able to connect to the Atlas
> network. The probe was doint nothing for 2 days, only the leftmost LED
> (Power) was on, nothing else seems to happen.
>
> I also had to learn, that after the probe was not working, the user
> cleared the USB-Stick.
>
> Is there a way to resurrect the probe? Also the probe should be re-added
> to my ambassador account, if possible.
>
> Greetings,
>   Florian
>
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