> The example given is that a handful of users running MTR (do not get me started on this bastard program) can actually hit this rate limit. This is an outstanding example because I have seen something similar in practice.
> Consider what that would look like, and how common it would be: If you have a NOC full of people who think they know what they're doing, but don't, that only enhances the probability that everyone is trying to troubleshoot on their own instead of doing a screenshare and coordinating their efforts - thus, you have six guys running MTR to the same IP.
> If they hit that rate limit, what do they see? Nodes suddenly not responding! Randomly, in fact - sometimes responding, sometimes not! That means it's not just a hop that doesn't respond to traceroutes, but packet loss! Wow! We found the problem!
> Of course, if four of them hit Ctrl+C, the PL would mysteriously vanish. Huh! Weird! Well, it must be an intermittent issue in squints at resolved hostname Hurricane Electric's network. I'm sure they have a flapping port they haven't noticed (lol.) Just send them a trouble ticket!
> The example given is that a handful of users running MTR (do not get me started on this bastard program) can actually hit this rate limit. This is an outstanding example because I have seen something similar in practice.
> Consider what that would look like, and how common it would be: If you have a NOC full of people who think they know what they're doing, but don't, that only enhances the probability that everyone is trying to troubleshoot on their own instead of doing a screenshare and coordinating their efforts - thus, you have six guys running MTR to the same IP.
> If they hit that rate limit, what do they see? Nodes suddenly not responding! Randomly, in fact - sometimes responding, sometimes not! That means it's not just a hop that doesn't respond to traceroutes, but packet loss! Wow! We found the problem!
> Of course, if four of them hit Ctrl+C, the PL would mysteriously vanish. Huh! Weird! Well, it must be an intermittent issue in squints at resolved hostname Hurricane Electric's network. I'm sure they have a flapping port they haven't noticed (lol.) Just send them a trouble ticket!