Quote from: doktornotor on July 31, 2024, 02:11:16 PM
It's not just about bad etiquette. Google seriously DOES rate limit these pings. I have been debugging multiple boxes where using 8.8.8.8 for monitoring caused intermittent "gateway down" issues. And I am not alone.
I have also seen a local ISP with couple of thousands customers redirecting all DNS queries to Google -- because their servers broke down. Well, it did not work exactly well. https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/isp
Awesome, thank you for the links. Especially the one from Google.
Would you say that using the monitor IP of each of my routers' WAN gateway is a more reliable way to check uptime?
To illustrate that:
My master router has a WAN gateway to 'a' and also monitors it by pinging 'a'
My backup router has a WAN gateway to 'b' and also monitors it by pinging 'b'
If I want the Master router to have a gateway to backup router('s internet), I would then use 'b' as the monitoring IP and vice versa?
Or are there services more suitable for this in your experience?