Re: Comcom/Samknows broadband testing from a different perspective
[email protected] Thu, 27 Sep 2018 17:11:42 +1200
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OpenWRT/LEDE binary, Just shell on.. opkg update, -i what you need..., netstat -antop | grep EST this will surprise you, dest will surprise you more then I put in the green wheely. On the WAN link you may see lots of src privates indicating typical dinky rtr/fw nat not coping similarly actual/true $paid for bandwidth at src (home) = rubbish + legit flows. rubbish flows (in/out) of breaks packet concurrency increasing delays and maxin out (netflix/gaming stream) PDVs on clients - recommend filter|block upstream of router will lead to a huge improvement in media quality and performance of your home router. good luck - regards brian ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Re: [nznog] Comcom/Samknows broadband testing from a different perspective From: "Peter Lambrechtsen" <[email protected]> Date: Thu, September 27, 2018 4:37 pm To: brian.cole-r/[email protected] Cc: "NZNOG" <[email protected]> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > There is a Geekzone thread that I kicked off when I attended the Commerce > Commission presentation about Samknows and got to meet Sam. > > https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=49&topicid=237852 > > I've done a bit of analysis on the traffic but haven't dug too deep yet as > I didn't want to bust open the box and try and reverse engineer their > OpenWRT build. > > Happy to put anyone in touch with the guys I have dealt with directly from > the Comcom and Samknows too. > > On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 12:59 PM Brian Cole <brian.cole-r/[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Acknowledged with thanks, >> >> Brian >> >> On Thu, 27 Sep 2018 at 12:58 PM, Nathan Ward <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Brian, >>> >>> You should call their support if you think there’s something going on >>> that’s impacting your connection. >>> >>> They will detect if your connection is in use and doing more than (I >>> think) 64kbit/s in the last 30s or something, and won’t run the tests. >>> >>> They have some clever stuff to detect if your wifi is in use, without >>> being connected to your network and without being your AP. Perhaps that’s >>> playing up? >>> >>> Pretty sure it’s publicly documented, check out the links in that >>> original post and if not we can dig up some other stuff I’m sure. >>> >>> On 27/09/2018, at 11:38 AM, Brian Cole <brian.cole-r/[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Longtime listener; first time caller. >>> >>> I signed up to SamKnows (partly out of curiosity and partly so I can have >>> hard data about my connection that I pay for) at home. >>> >>> Over the last week my connection has gone from slightly adequate with the >>> occasional drop out to a slow connection with regular drop outs. >>> >>> Netflix and YouTube are stuttering, video games drop connection, and >>> websites hang at random times. >>> >>> I can't help but think that the email shared by Dylan sheds some light on >>> why that maybe. >>> >>> This programme won't be terribly successful if everyone gets sick of >>> having a terrible connection during peak hours and shuts the white box >>> down. >>> >>> Pretty frustrating. >>> >>> Brian >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> *Brian Cole* */** Research Projects Developer* >>> *Research & Enterprise **/** Research Office **/** University of >>> Waikato* >>> *Private Bag 3105* */* *Hamilton 3240* */* >>> *New Zealand**www.waikato.ac.nz* <http://www.waikato.ac.nz/> */* >>> *mob + 64 21 049 9183**email brian.cole-r/[email protected] >>> <brian.cole-r/[email protected]> * >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> >>> NZNOG mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog >>> >>> >>> -- >> Please excuse any brevity, spelling mistakes, or errors in this email due >> to being sent from a mobile device. >> _______________________________________________ >> NZNOG mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog >> > _______________________________________________ > NZNOG mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog > _______________________________________________ NZNOG mailing list [email protected] https://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog