Hi, > About RIPE ATLAS, I already have one of their boxes and it never worked. > Simply doesn't appear as online. Their support just barely gave me some > tips but with no meaningful result. I need something reliable and I'm > willing to pay for this service. RIPE Atlas falls in the category of 'best > effort'.
RIPE Atlas probes? you just plug them intoa working network with DHCP and away they go - I'd investigate why it doesnt work - RIPE expect probe users to be technically proficient and that the networks that the probes are on arent RIPEs to debug/troubleshoot. once you have a working one iy can do tests but you then also have access to the testing system that they offer allowing you to do on-demand tests for various things from probes around the world whever you want - depending on how many points you have. I have a few million or so points :-) alan