[atlas] Notification for probes going down for extended period??

Hi Geert Jan,

On 30/12/2021 22:41, Geert Jan de Groot wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have been hosting probes for many years and, judging by the traffic 
> seen, they have seen a fair amount of use, which is good.
>
> Despite being on a "home network", I was able to get a small subnet so 
> the probes could run without NAT state nastyness and all.
>
> Unfortunately, the ISP providing home connectivity is changing. They 
> used to be innovative, offering IPv6, subnet and lots of features. 
> However the mother telco decided that innovation was bad and is 
> changing the service offering, killing innovative services one by one.
> Today I received notification that the subnet the probes live on, will 
> be de-activated on Jan 11.
>
> I've cancelled my subscription with said ISP on Jan 13 and the house 
> will be on a different ISP then, unfortunately the new ISP is planning 
> to provide subnet service but is in the process of setting things up 
> and cannot provide subnet service today.
>
> What is the protocol for signalling "this probe is down and that may 
> be for quite a bit"?
As said before, there is none. Just plug it back in whenever you can.
>
> And what is the protocol for signalling "this probe is now on a 
> different topology, is no longer on AS3265 and network performance is 
> different"?

This will be handled automatically indeed, no actions of any kind are 
needed.

The probe archive can give information on previous network connections 
if needed.

Kind regards,

Johan ter Beest
RIPE Atlas Team

>
> (I guess several others will have this question, answers on list please)
>
> Geert Jan
>
>