[Outages-discussion] [outages] Ping to Google 8.8.8.8

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Wed, Feb 09, 2022 at 04:28:49PM -0500, Jan Schaumann wrote:
> Grant Taylor <gtaylor at tnetconsulting.net> wrote:
> 
> > What if we extend this further to have another IP address that is meant
> > /explicitly/ for testing ISP's ability to reach the upstream Internet?
> 
> FF0X::FF is unassigned and might lend itself for such a purpose, 

It is not.  FFxx:: is multicast space.

(fc00::/8...ff00::/8 are used)

gert
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