[Eug-lug] Help with a Comcast test?

[larry price]

I've set up and tested iperf on a server at willamette.net, if anyone
else would like to do a bandwidth test, email me off list and I'll
send you the details.

On 7/11/07, Mike Cherba <mike.cherba at caviumnetworks.com> wrote:
> 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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