On Thu, 21 Dec 2000, Christopher Gibiault wrote:
Mikael ,
Is there a reason you don't want to ping the Ethernet port of the router? I think this would be more stable then any "HOST" on the network.
It would if we did it the classical way by putting a router in the customers facilities but we do not. One way we do it is by L2 hop (VLAN) the customer to a more centrally placed switchrouter and aggregate there. The customer is connected via fiber, using ethernet 10/100/1000 depending on the customer. The customer may only have a FX/TX-converter at their facility, or they may have a switch (of which will probably not have an IP address in the vlan the customer resides in). Also, I would like to address some IGP issues where routes are not propagated properly, our equipment is still reachable but the routes to the customer is not. Basically what I want to do is test it all the way. -- Mikael Abrahamsson email: swmike@swm.pp.se