[Outages-discussion] [EXTERNAL] Re: [outages] Ping to Google 8.8.8.8

[Erik Ogren]

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From: Outages-discussion <outages-discussion-bounces at outages.org> On Behalf Of Nate
Sent: Wednesday, February 9, 2022 15:06
To: Gert Doering <gert at greenie.muc.de>
Cc: OUTAGES Discussion List <outages-discussion at outages.org>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Outages-discussion] [outages] Ping to Google 8.8.8.8

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On Wed, Feb 9, 2022, 2:52 PM Gert Doering <gert at greenie.muc.de<mailto:gert at greenie.muc.de>> wrote:
Hi,

On Wed, Feb 09, 2022 at 04:28:49PM -0500, Jan Schaumann wrote:
> Grant Taylor <gtaylor at tnetconsulting.net<mailto: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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Gert Doering - Munich, Germany                             gert at greenie.muc.de<mailto:gert at greenie.muc.de>
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