Re: Setting Up a Looking Glass

["Hicks, Byron" <byron.hicks () tx-learn net>]

http://sourceforge.net/projects/routerproxy/

Is my looking glass/router proxy of choice.  


> On Jun 13, 2015, at 5:21 PM, Jim Popovitch <jimpop () gmail com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 6:10 PM, Randy Bush <randy () psg com> wrote:
> > > > Here's a relatively new and fresh perspective on it:
> > > > https://github.com/ramnode/LookingGlass
> > > > You can see it in action here:
> > > > http://lg.nyc.ramnode.com/
> > > looking glass without routing, indeed a new perspective :(
> >
> > with a bit more coffee, perhaps i can expand a bit.
> >
> > for widely distributed data plane probes (ping/traceroute/...), we have
> > good alternatives, nlring, ripe atlas, traceroute.org, etc.  as an op,
> > nlring is my fave of the month as i can go from question to result in
> > minimal typing and a matter of seconds.
> >
> > 'looking glass' has traditionally meant a control plane (routing) view.
> > this is a rarer beast, and setting one up is often a bit crude.
>
> Indeed.  As with most things there are always more than one meaning,
> and of course even those change with time.    I read into the OP's
> words that he was looking for a locally hosted capability that he
> could easily give out to his people in order to trouble shoot
> connectivity.
>
> -Jim P.

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