[plug] OT: Pool of IPs for testing load-balanced connections

[Paul]

I'd go for CSIRO, ASIO (!), AFP, WA Police equipment - those kinds of
site. All stuff that you'd expect to stay online. A few ICMP packets
won't be noticed let alone worried about (IMHO clearly).

Paul


On Thu, 2009-09-03 at 11:01 +0800, Adrian Woodley wrote:
> G'day PLUGers,
> 
> I've just about finished the new design for the networking of the 
> various mobile comms facilities at work. Each comms unit should have an 
> Internet connection, either via NextG or a satellite uplink.
> 
> The new network design will allow any combination of comms facilities 
> and up-links to join the Local Inter-Network Connection (LINC) and share 
> their routing information.
> 
> Once the facilities are networked, the device with the highest priority 
> will be elected the default gateway for all other devices. Additionally, 
> each facility, with its own Internet connection, will load-balance 
> between its connection and the elected gateway.
> 
> The (minor) issue I'm facing is that for the load balancing to work, the 
> router (embedded system running pfSense) needs to be able to ping a 
> (unique) target out on the Internet. What I need is a pool of very 
> stable IPs to test against, say around two dozen.
> 
> The targets must be IPs, rather than host-names, as until a ping is 
> successful there is no Internet connection and therefore no DNS.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Adrian
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