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Probes

A Probe object contains attributes and status information of a RIPE Atlas probe.

  • Probes can be public or non-public
  • Probes can have one or multiple tags (see Probe Tags for details)
  • Key attributes include IP addresses, ASN, and geographic location
  • Status information includes connection state and first connect time

Privacy

Geographic locations are obfuscated for all users (within 80–400m of actual location).

IP addresses are only shown for public probes. Non-public probe IPs are only visible to the probe host. IP prefixes, if known, are visible to all users.

Connection Status

The status field indicates the probe's current state:

StatusNameDescription
1Never ConnectedVerified but never connected to the network
2ConnectedCurrently connected and available for measurements
3DisconnectedWas connected but currently offline
4AbandonedOffline for several months
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