RIPE Atlas Documentation

Version 1 ​

Version 1 is identified by the value "1" for the key fw in the result.

Version 1 Ping / v6 Ping ​

Result:

  • "addr" -- IP address of the destination (string)
  • "avg" -- average round-trip time (float)
  • "dup" -- number of duplicate packets (int)
  • "from" -- IP address of the probe as known by controller (string)
  • "max" -- maximum round-trip time (float)
  • "min" -- minimum round-trip time (float)
  • "msm_id" -- measurement identifier (int)
  • "name" -- name of the destination (string)
  • "prb_id" -- source probe ID (int)
  • "rcvd" -- number of packets received (int)
  • "sent" -- number of packets sent (int)
  • "size" -- packet size (int)
  • "timestamp" -- Unix timestamp (int)

Example result:

json
{
  "addr": "178.63.78.16",
  "avg": 20.126000000000001,
  "dup": 0,
  "from": "62.194.83.50",
  "fw": 1,
  "max": 20.300000000000001,
  "min": 19.937999999999999,
  "msm_id": 1000047,
  "name": "atlas.ripe.net",
  "prb_id": 165,
  "rcvd": 3,
  "sent": 3,
  "size": 56,
  "timestamp": 1332938930
}

Version 1 Traceroute / v6 Traceroute ​

Result:

  • "from" -- IP address of the probe as known by controller (string)
  • "msm_id" -- measurement identifier (int)
  • "prb_id" -- source probe ID (int)
  • "result" -- output of the traceroute command (string)
  • "timestamp" -- Unix timestamp (int)

Example result:

json
{
  "from": "2001:67c:2e8:13:220:4aff:fec6:cc1e",
  "fw": 1,
  "msm_id": 6001,
  "prb_id": 21,
  "result": "traceroute to 2001:7fd::1 (2001:7fd::1), 32 hops max, 16 byte packets NEWLINE 1 2001:67c:2e8:13::2 1.907 ms 1.909 ms 1.945 ms NEWLINE 2 2001:7f8:1::a502:5152:1 14.162 ms 2.026 ms 1.872 ms NEWLINE 3 2001:7fd::1 1.876 ms 1.872 ms 1.878 ms NEWLINE",
  "timestamp": 1338816126
}