[Eug-lug] Help with a Comcast test?

[Mike Cherba]

I'd volunteer to run a server end for you, but I'm stuck on Comcast as
well.
		-Mike

On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 17:38 -0700, Bob Carlson wrote:
> Thanks. I found it is still there, but you need a login to use it.
> 
> Cheers, Bob
> Eugene OR - Tucson AZ
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: euglug-bounces at euglug.org [mailto:euglug-bounces at euglug.org] On
> > Behalf Of Mike Cherba
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 11:38 AM
> > To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group
> > Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] Help with a Comcast test?
> > 
> > Try:
> > http://noc.greatplains.net/measurement/iperf.php
> > if you need a public Iperf server.  I haven't used it in a while, but
> > the page look like it is still there.
> > 		-Mike
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 10:59 -0700, Bob Carlson wrote:
> > > Our Comcast internet connection seems to be very spotty. Our VOIP
> > > quality goes in and out and my wife's VPN connection gets dropped
> > > multiple times per day. I've swapped routers and that didn't help.
> > > When you call Comcast they do a test of 50 pings and then say it looks
> > > fine to us.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I need to do real test of the QOS I'm getting. The best tool I have
> > > found seems to be iperf, which runs on Linux or Windows. I want to set
> > > up a simulated voip call for at least an hour and get detailed
> > > statistics about packet loss, jitter, and so on.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > What I need is another machine somewhere that can be the other side of
> > > the test. It needs to have a known good quality connection with a
> > > generous up and down bandwidth. Anyone interested? Even better, does
> > > anyone know of an iperf server on the net somewhere?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > An alternate way of doing this would be to set up a real voip call
> > > with Wireshark sniffing both ends of the conversation. Wireshark can
> > > do a detailed analysis of the packet stream.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Cheers, Bob
> > > Eugene OR - Tucson AZ
> > >
> > >
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