[dns-operations] Pinging the root name servers to check my connectivity?

[Jeroen Massar]

On 2012-09-11 15:01 , WBrown at e1b.org wrote:
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> Of course this scenario is not something a manufacturer like DLink or
> Linksys/Cisco can build into a product easily. 

Or should be building into a product... I have seen numerous of those
small boxes cause all kinds of havoc already as the 'testing' was
looping at line rate speeds, of course the ISP/provider in question then
is at fault as 'the service is broken', the user cannot do much about it
they claim.

Greets,
 Jeroen