Re: Is there an easy way to monitor for Internet failures? -- MIDRANGE-L

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Subject: Re: Is there an easy way to monitor for Internet failures?
From: "James H. H. Lampert" <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 12:39:24 -0800
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On 11/23/15 10:51 AM, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

I disagree. If your company changes ISP's, etc then all customer's have
to change.

in response to my

Raw, hard-coded IP addresses are useful as a backup to the URL . . .

Note the key words:

As.
A.
Backup.

As in, IF calling home via the domain name fails, ONLY THEN fall back on trying the hardcoded IP address.

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JHHL

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