[Cerowrt-devel] Update 6in4 tunnel when IP address changes

2014-12-28 Thread Rich Brown
I have been having trouble re-establishing my 6-in-4 tunnel with tunnelbroker.net (Hurricane Electric) when my external IPv4 address changes. (CeroWrt 3.10.50-1 on WNDR3800) I rummaged around the OpenWrt forums, found this hint at https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?pid=255401#p255401 . Acc

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] Recording RF management info _and_ associated traffic?

2015-01-20 Thread Rich Brown
On Jan 13, 2015, at 9:20 PM, Richard Smith wrote: > I'm trying to track down some poor wireless issues we are having at work. At > random times the 5Ghz WLANs we have just go to hell. > > I've been sniffing in monitor mode which has been quite enlightening there's > certainly a lot more goin

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] [Bloat] live streaming from nz

2015-01-30 Thread Rich Brown
thie wrote: > It's available there now - I just watched it. > > On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 11:49 AM, Rich Brown wrote: >> Arrgh... I signed in time to see your "Thanks for letting me show you >> this..." slide. I hope it went well >> >> Do you know i

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] uptime?

2015-02-05 Thread Rich Brown
> so, how's everybody's uptime? ssh r...@gw.home.lan cd /usr/lib/CeroWrtScripts sh cerostats.sh cat /tmp/cerostats_output.txt [date] Thu Feb 5 23:39:49 EST 2015 [uname -a] Linux cerowrt.home.lan 3.10.50 #2 Mon Jul 28 21:04:41 PDT 2014 mips GNU/Linux [uptime] 23:39:49 up 43 days, 6:57, load

[Cerowrt-devel] Lost access to Web GUI

2015-02-09 Thread Rich Brown
I cannot currently get to the web GUI on CeroWrt. When I browse to gw.home.lan:80, I see the short "Welcome to CeroWrt" page. Clicking the link gives a page that says "Redirecting" with http://gw.home.lan/bgi-bin/redir.sh in the URL bar. Shortly thereafter the page times out. telnet gw.home.lan

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] Lost access to Web GUI

2015-02-09 Thread Rich Brown
-hanover/CeroWrtScripts so we will know next time. Thanks. Rich On 02/09/2015 07:54 AM, Rich Brown wrote: >> I cannot currently get to the web GUI on CeroWrt. When I browse to >> gw.home.lan:80, I see the short "Welcome to CeroWrt" page. Clicking the link >> gives a pag

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] Lost access to Web GUI

2015-02-10 Thread Rich Brown
On Feb 9, 2015, at 9:53 AM, William Katsak wrote: > Any unusual CPU load? > > -Bill No - see 'top' output in new cerostats.sh output below. NB: I *did* regain access to the Web GUI yesterday, but now today I do not have access. Rich > On 02/09/2015 07:54 AM, Rich Br

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] Lost access to Web GUI

2015-02-16 Thread Rich Brown
, 2015, at 7:54 AM, Rich Brown wrote: > I cannot currently get to the web GUI on CeroWrt. When I browse to > gw.home.lan:80, I see the short "Welcome to CeroWrt" page. Clicking the link > gives a page that says "Redirecting" with http://gw.home.lan/bgi-bin/redir.sh &

[Cerowrt-devel] CeroWrt bits not in OpenWrt (renamed thread)

2015-02-28 Thread Rich Brown
Folks, Two thoughts: 1) I'm renaming this thread so that it is easily found in the archives (it was "Just FYI: WNDR3700 (v2???) refurbs available on Amazon for USD49.99") 2) I've been maintaining the CeroWrtScripts (https://github.com/richb-hanover/CeroWrtScripts) that has a shell script to s

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] A simple poll

2015-03-03 Thread Rich Brown
On Feb 28, 2015, at 12:02 PM, Dave Taht wrote: > A) What do you like about cerowrt? - It just works - It gives me a lot of cool features that I rely on (no bufferbloat, IPv6, routing on interfaces) and some that I don't (DNSSEC, babel) - Pride in my (small) contribution to the project - I own

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] [Bloat] [aqm] ping loss "considered harmful"

2015-03-05 Thread Rich Brown
On Mar 5, 2015, at 1:56 PM, Curtis Villamizar wrote: > In message > > Dave Taht writes: > >> My point was A), I have seen tons of shapers out there that actually >> prioritize ping over other traffic. I figure everyone here will agree >> that is a terrible practice, but I can certainly say it

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] AVNetwork blog posting

2015-03-10 Thread Rich Brown
Folks, Google Alerts just told me about http://www.avnetwork.com/entry/bufferbloat-is-a-new-threat-to-web-traffic-including-av/863 I sent Phil Hippensteel a note about bufferbloat.net, and will see if he needs additional information. Rich signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPG

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] CeroWrt bits not in OpenWrt (renamed thread)

2015-03-12 Thread Rich Brown
e hints for what is required to make these configuration changes. Many thanks. Rich On Feb 28, 2015, at 10:25 AM, Rich Brown wrote: > Folks, > > Two thoughts: > > 1) I'm renaming this thread so that it is easily found in the archives (it > was "Just FYI: WNDR3

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] CeroWrt bits not in OpenWrt (renamed thread)

2015-03-13 Thread Rich Brown
Hi folks, On Mar 12, 2015, at 8:53 PM, Alan Jenkins wrote: > I gave Rich what I knew, for practical write-ups. Just because they might > help spread the word. Documentation is really helpful, even when the code > can still be improved. Thanks to Alan and everyone else who responded on this

[Cerowrt-devel] Latency Measurements in Speed Test suites (was: DOCSIS 3+ recommendation?)

2015-03-20 Thread Rich Brown
On Mar 19, 2015, at 7:18 PM, Greg White wrote: > Netalyzr is great for network geeks, hardly consumer-friendly, and even so > the "network buffer measurements" part is buried in 150 other statistics. > Why couldn't Ookla* add a simultaneous "ping" test to their throughput > test? When was the la

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] [Bloat] facebook releases network test tool for slow and dodgy conditions

2015-03-24 Thread Rich Brown
I hope they *do* have bufferbloat in their emulator. It'd be a real shame if they failed to mimic the presence of bufferbloat in 3G/4G/DSL/etc. uplinks. Imagine if everyone developed their app using ATC, then wondered why their performance stinks in the real world... On Mar 24, 2015, at 3:26 P

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] [Bloat] some notes on the archer c7v2's suitability for make-wifi-fast

2015-03-26 Thread Rich Brown
Dave, > I took the archer c7v2 out for a set of test runs over the weekend. Is there a build out there for those of us who a) own an Archer c7v2 and b) are crazy enough could try out? Or should we hold off for a while? Thanks. Rich signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using

[Cerowrt-devel] Questions about the use of HTB & fq_codel in simple.qos, simplest.qos

2015-04-09 Thread Rich Brown
I've been thinking about the message we're sending re: QoS/prioritization vs SQM, and I'm not clear on what our story is. Here's what I understand: - On one hand, we say that good SQM algorithms (fq_codel, for example) will do an astonishingly good job of minimizing latency without any parameter

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] [Bloat] The Great Renaming (of netperf-wrapper): Final contenders

2015-04-14 Thread Rich Brown
I like names based on bashing or smashing. Not so sure about "flent" - see http://www.amazon.com/Flents-Stopples-Cotton-Plugs-Packaging/dp/B003U76CEI Rich On Apr 13, 2015, at 5:48 AM, Toke Høiland-Jørgensen wrote: > Hi everyone > > The Great Renaming (of netperf-wrapper) has now entered its f

[Cerowrt-devel] DSLReports Speed Test has latency measurement built-in

2015-04-18 Thread Rich Brown
Folks, I am delighted to pass along the news that Justin has added latency measurements into the Speed Test at DSLReports.com. Go to: https://www.dslreports.com/speedtest and click the button for your Internet link. This controls the number of simultaneous connections that get established betw

[Cerowrt-devel] Nice Readme/Video on ipfire.org

2015-04-20 Thread Rich Brown
Google Alerts showed me a link to the following presentation about bufferbloat, and using fq_codel to vanquish it. http://wiki.ipfire.org/en/configuration/services/qos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB3w09VZn7g N0mantech does a very good job. He shows how to configure the up and down bit rates

[Cerowrt-devel] Bad news site - "fashionsnowboots"

2015-04-22 Thread Rich Brown
Google Alerts informed me that site bufferbloat dot fashionsnowboots dot com is talking about "Bufferbloat". Sure enough, it appears to have cloned the content from our home page with the following additions: - It offers to install the Java plugin 12.3 - All the links on the page encourage you t

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] openwrt build with latest cake and other qdiscs

2015-05-05 Thread Rich Brown
Dave, Nice! I am adapting my CeroWrtScripts to OpenWrt. It still uses standard OpenWrt firewall/bridging/etc. See config-openwrt.sh in https://github.com/richb-hanover/OpenWrtScripts. So far, it has sections for: - setting the WAN credentials, - updating the opkg repository and loading speci

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] [openwrt sqm howto] adsl is confusing - you may end up setting well above 100% of the speed test result!

2015-05-11 Thread Rich Brown
HI Alan, Thanks for these thoughts. On May 11, 2015, at 2:58 AM, Alan Jenkins wrote: > On 11/05/15 02:24, Rich Brown wrote: >> Hi Alan, >> >> Thanks for your note. I noticed the same effect on my DSL link - the SQM >> up/download speeds in the web GUI wound up at

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] [openwrt sqm howto] adsl is confusing - you may end up setting well above 100% of the speed test result!

2015-05-12 Thread Rich Brown
Hi Alan, > nitpick: "these settings simply tell SQM/fq_codel how to make up for that > overhead" > > The ATM settings don't apply to fq_codel, rather the htb shaper. It might be > more technically accurate to write "SQM" instead of "SQM/fq_codel". I love nitpkck-ness (if that's a word.) And a

[Cerowrt-devel] Replacing CeroWrt with OpenWrt - Routing

2015-05-12 Thread Rich Brown
I am working to restore the functionality of my CeroWrt 3.10.50-1 router with an OpenWrt BB image. Things are going pretty well, but I have run into a problem. In the past, I frequently used two CeroWrt routers at my home: one was my primary, and connected via PPPoE to my DSL link; the other wa

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] Replacing CeroWrt with OpenWrt - Routing

2015-05-13 Thread Rich Brown
Thanks Alan and Kevin, This is helpful - I think I have enough to go on, and will report back/ask more questions as I move forward. Best, Rich On May 13, 2015, at 4:07 AM, Alan Jenkins wrote: > On 13/05/15 02:19, Rich Brown wrote: >> I am working to restore the functionality of m

[Cerowrt-devel] CeroWrt 3.10.50-1 & mosh

2015-05-13 Thread Rich Brown
I noticed that the mosh-server package doesn't seem to be built for the latest (3.10.50-1) CeroWrt image. It seems to have fallen out of the build system after the 3.10.41-1 build of 31May2014. (see http://snapon.lab.bufferbloat.net/~cero2/cerowrt/wndr/ ) I took the chance that the 3.10.41-1 bu

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] Replacing CeroWrt with OpenWrt - Routing

2015-05-13 Thread Rich Brown
the LAN side... On May 13, 2015, at 4:07 AM, Alan Jenkins wrote: > On 13/05/15 02:19, Rich Brown wrote: >> I am working to restore the functionality of my CeroWrt 3.10.50-1 >> router with an OpenWrt BB image. >> >> Things are going pretty well, but I have run into a pr

[Cerowrt-devel] fq_codel is *three* years old today

2015-05-14 Thread Rich Brown
Folks, Today is the third anniversary of the announcement of a testable fq_codel (see https://lists.bufferbloat.net/pipermail/cerowrt-devel/2014-May/002984.html et. seq.) Here's (an approximation of) the state of the world: - We didn't know it at the time, but we would be able to declare victo

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] Replacing CeroWrt with OpenWrt - Routing

2015-05-14 Thread Rich Brown
Dave - thanks for this overview. I'll check it out, then report to the group/OpenWrt wiki. Rich On May 13, 2015, at 10:49 AM, Dave Taht wrote: > What I typically do was simpler for ethernet connectivity. > > kill the firewall on the sub router (ACCEPT 3 times) > renumber the sub router > use

[Cerowrt-devel] Cira.ca network measurement system

2015-05-18 Thread Rich Brown
Last Saturday, I heard a piece on CBC Radio's Spark program about the CIRA in Canada and their effort to map out network performance in order to get better Internet service for everyone across Canada. You can listen to the piece at: http://www.cbc.ca/radio/spark/286-empathy-games-intangible-art-

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] Getting sqm-scripts to show up in my cc build

2015-06-05 Thread Rich Brown
I'm a little disconnected from the OpenWrt build process/package system, but with BB, I install the luci-app-sqm package, and this pulls in the other stuff (like sqm-scripts). See: http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/sqm Rich On Jun 5, 2015, at 8:19 AM, Richard Smith wrote: > I build OpenWRT c

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] openwrt build for ar71xx (wndr3800, archer, picostation, etc)

2015-06-17 Thread Rich Brown
Dave, I see you're on OpenWrt head, but the CC build is staying with uclibc (http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.embedded.openwrt.devel/32651) It would be a tiny step backwards from your most recent build, but it would avoid all the uclibc->musl hassles... Rich On Jun 17, 2015, at 6:23 PM, D

[Cerowrt-devel] Scam: Bufferbloat e-book

2015-06-30 Thread Rich Brown
I investigate so you don't have to... In the last few days, I have seen two Google Alerts mentioning a "Bufferbloat pdf ebook write by a good author" (scam warning #1 - bad grammar). The offers came from different domains (warning #2 - multiple domains - highly suspicious) If you follow the li

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] Just a quick "thank you".

2015-07-01 Thread Rich Brown
Hi Eric, Could we use this quote on the bufferbloat.net page? I think it says more than all the beautiful words we've written about the algorithm... Best, Rich On Jun 30, 2015, at 3:13 PM, Eric Schultz wrote: > TL;DR sqm-scripts works great for me. Thanks for the awesome work. > --- > I just

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] performance numbers from WRT1200AC (Re: Latest build test - new sqm-scripts seem to work; "cake overhead 40" didn't)

2015-07-02 Thread Rich Brown
Folks, >> ... The biggest problem is finding all those utilities one wants and making >> sure they're compiled into the image so one doesn't have to add them >> later. > > Yeah, realise that. Still have my old .config from when I used to build > cerowrt for the WNDR lying around somewhere, so wil

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] failing to find the "declared victory" in a current wifi router

2015-07-06 Thread Rich Brown
ll, and despite the CC RC2 status, stable builds only come out a few days apart. I would stay away from it if you're not willing to participate in a science experiment. There is a team working to improve the OpenWrt site, but our work has not yet been "blessed" by the the admin&#x

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] wrt1900ac v1 vs v2

2015-07-06 Thread Rich Brown
There is an active discussion of the WRT1900AC routers at the OpenWrt forum. That would be a very good place to ask this question. https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?pid=282552#p282552 Best, Rich Brown On Jul 6, 2015, at 9:59 PM, John Yates wrote: > There are refurbished wrt190

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] failing to find the "declared victory" in a current wifi router

2015-07-07 Thread Rich Brown
cher C7 v2 for ~$90 (US). http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wdr7500 In a one-out-of-one test, it seems to work well with BB, SQM works fine, and I'm happy. On Jul 7, 2015, at 12:22 AM, Joe Touch wrote: > Hi, Rich, > > On 7/6/2015 7:23 PM, Rich Brown wrote: >> Hi Joe, >&

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] failing to find the "declared victory" in a current wifi router

2015-07-07 Thread Rich Brown
Matt, This is useful. I will review this and give you comments, and ensure any additional knowledge makes it into the OpenWrt HOWTO's. Thanks. Rich On Jul 7, 2015, at 2:19 PM, Matt Taggart wrote: > > This message made me realize I hadn't posted the CC+SQM HOWTO I wrote, > maybe it will be us

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] failing to find the "declared victory" in a current wifi router

2015-07-08 Thread Rich Brown
1 … > >> >>>> The current list is a confusing mix of information about very old, >>>> sometimes EOL (end-of-life) equipment. >>> >>> What is bad about keeping information? Just because a device is EOL >>> by its manufacturer/vendor do

[Cerowrt-devel] "Lupin undeclared"?

2015-07-10 Thread Rich Brown
Hi Fred, I'm not familiar with "lupin undeclared" - could you send a pointer/link? Thanks. Rich On Jul 10, 2015, at 10:52 AM, Fred Stratton wrote: > > You are absolutely correct. > > I tried both a numeric overhead value, and alternatively 'pppoe-vcmux' and > 'ether-fcs' in the build I cra

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] "Lupin undeclared"?

2015-07-10 Thread Rich Brown
Ahah! I had not noticed the new code name. It's well protected - the Googles didn't find anything. [But now it will... Oh dear... :-) ] Rich On Jul 10, 2015, at 11:39 AM, Alan Jenkins wrote: > The unversioned testing build Dave posted at > > http://snapon.lab.bufferbloat.net/~cero3/lupin/ar

[Cerowrt-devel] CeroWrt 3.10.50-1 diagnostic help

2015-07-31 Thread Rich Brown
Folks, I would like some suggestions for debugging a problem I have with CeroWrt. I have deployed CeroWrt 3.10.50-1 on two WNDR3800's at a hospitality business nearby. These routers have worked fine in my house in the past. WNDR3800 #1 talks to my DSL modem (wifi disabled), and WNDR3800 #2 has

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] [Make-wifi-fast] [tsvwg] Comments on draft-szigeti-tsvwg-ieee-802-11e

2015-08-07 Thread Rich Brown
Here's where I display my massive ignorance of how Linux networking/drivers work. This feels like a place to apply the Nagle algorithm... Maybe everyone already understands this, but, isn't this scheme something like what we're looking for? - Initial state: all queues (fq_codel and wifi driver

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] [Make-wifi-fast] [tsvwg] Comments on draft-szigeti-tsvwg-ieee-802-11e

2015-08-07 Thread Rich Brown
Ah..., the bitter bit of the reality sandwich. Yum :-( But Dave's note about Felix's hook for per-station queueing makes it seem feasible, if only a lot of work. Thanks, all, for the enlightenment! Rich On Aug 7, 2015, at 9:28 AM, Jonathan Morton wrote: > >> On 7 Aug, 2

[Cerowrt-devel] Mailing list to coordinate responses to FCC ruling on router hacking

2015-08-10 Thread Rich Brown
Folks, Dave Täht pointed out that the FCC has proposed new rules (by issuing a Notification of Proposed Rule Making - NPRM) His one-line summary - "these fcc rules look bad") The rest of this message has links for the BattleMesh presentation and for submitting public comments, etc. You can re

[Cerowrt-devel] Google Alerts found this...

2015-09-01 Thread Rich Brown
http://memegenerator.net/instance/64278191 ___ Cerowrt-devel mailing list Cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/cerowrt-devel

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] cerowrt.org vs make-wifi-fast/Network Solutions price is high

2015-09-05 Thread Rich Brown
I don't know whether you should keep around the Cerowrt.* domains or not, but I will point out that those prices from Network Solutions seem awfully high... I am a big fan of www.hover.com. They're reliable, have a great web site, and the ability to create weird DNS records. Their renewal prices

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] Save WiFi from the FCC - DEADLINE is in 3 days *September* 8

2015-09-05 Thread Rich Brown
Folks, Dave may have buried the lede in his previous note... The date for comments to the FCC is not a month away, but only three days away - 8 Sep 2015. To see the talking points for preparing your comments, go to: https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Save_WiFi To submit a comment, click the green "S

[Cerowrt-devel] My FCC Submission - DEADLINE - Tuesday, 8 Sep 2015

2015-09-05 Thread Rich Brown
Folks, I submitted a comment to the FCC re: the Proposed Rule that would (ultimately) require router manufacturers prohibit third-party modifications to firmware of equipment that contains a radio. It's at: http://richb-hanover.com/comment-to-the-fcc-re-consumer-router-firmware/ If you care t

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] Save WiFi from the FCC - DEADLINE is in 3 days *September* 8

2015-09-07 Thread Rich Brown
Thanks, Jonathan and Michael for letting us know about your submissions. I will note that we got a bit of a reprieve on the deadline - it's now 9 Sep (tomorrow). See https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-databases-unavailable-filing-deadline-extensions-early-september So if you meant to file somet

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] Save WiFi from the FCC - DEADLINE is OCTOBER 9 now.

2015-09-08 Thread Rich Brown
Hi Eric, Yes, I agree that it is confusing. And you're right - it's OCTOBER 9. Here's the supporting documentation: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-15-956A1.pdf (TL;DR - read paragraph 4 to cut through the blah,

[Cerowrt-devel] OpenWrt Chaos Calmer vs SQM

2015-09-17 Thread Rich Brown
Folks, I saw a complaint on the OpenWrt forums that complain that they're having trouble with SQM in the new (final) Chaos Calmer build. https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?pid=292186#p292186 I have not had a chance to verify this myself. Does anyone have suggestions? Thanks. Rich __

[Cerowrt-devel] Editorial questions for response to the FCC

2015-10-02 Thread Rich Brown
Folks, I have screwed up my nerve to take an editorial pass over the document. It has a lot of good information and many useful citations, but it needs focus to be effective. As I read through (yesterday's) draft of the document and the comments, I came up with observations to confirm and ques

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] [Bloat] the cerowrt project's letter to the fcc about the wifi lockdown is nearly final

2015-10-06 Thread Rich Brown
> We still have a boatload of footnotes (help?) to add back in properly, I am fixing them now. (The Footnotes were converted to Endnotes when I imported my local copy back to Google Docs) Rich ___ Cerowrt-devel mailing list Cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferb

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] wiki needs love for make-wifi-fast

2015-10-13 Thread Rich Brown
I've lost track of the link to the design document, which would be a good addition to this page... http://www.bufferbloat.net/projects/make-wifi-fast/wiki Best, Rich > On Oct 13, 2015, at 10:40 PM, Dave Taht wrote: > > if anyone feels ambitious, rich has been adding content to the > make-wif

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] Copy of cerowrt 3.10.50-1

2015-10-22 Thread Rich Brown
I have one. Let me set up a mirror. Rich > On Oct 22, 2015, at 6:58 PM, Richard Smith wrote: > > snapon doesn't seem to be responding. Does anyone have a copy of the 7300v2 > image up somewhere I can download? > > Thanks. > > -- > Richard A. Smith >

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] Copy of cerowrt 3.10.50-1

2015-10-22 Thread Rich Brown
l Ezell wrote: >> If you have a copy of the 3800 build, I'd also appreciate it. >> >> On Oct 22, 2015 7:05 PM, "Rich Brown" wrote: >>> >>> I have one. Let me set up a mirror. >>> >>> Rich >>> >>>> O

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] Copy of cerowrt 3.10.50-1

2015-10-22 Thread Rich Brown
For future reference, the 3.10.50-1 builds of CeroWrt for WNDR3700v2 and WNDR3800 are now saved on the CeroWrt site, and linked from the CeroWrt wiki at: http://www.bufferbloat.net/projects/cerowrt/wiki/Wiki ___ Cerowrt-devel mailing list Cerowrt-devel

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] Problems testing sqm

2015-10-23 Thread Rich Brown
Two other thoughts: 1) The WNDR3700v2 will struggle to (well, it won't) keep up with a > 100 mbps uplink. 2) The numbers in the SQM page are in kilobits, not megabits/sec. Rich > On Oct 23, 2015, at 12:13 PM, Dave Taht wrote: > > you are most likely applying the qdisc to the wrong ethernet

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] Problems testing sqm (solved)

2015-10-25 Thread Rich Brown
Hi Richard, > On Oct 25, 2015, at 12:07 PM, Richard Smith wrote: > > Sigh. Sorry for all the noise. Thanks for everyones help. Now I'll get back > to the original task of comparing the performance of the 1900acs factory > firmware vs openwrt trunk with sqm. Actually, this is a great relief

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] archer c7v2 gets third party unupgradable firmware

2016-02-14 Thread Rich Brown
Hi Dave, Since I appear to be one of the owners of the Archer C7 wiki page, can you give me more info about the version number/package labelling/etc. so that we can provide the info for people to identify that it's a bad one? Thanks. Rich > On Feb 14, 2016, at 1:26 PM, Dave Täht wrote: >

[Cerowrt-devel] Fwd: fq_codel is *four* years old today

2016-05-14 Thread Rich Brown
y the information to a new (non-Redmine) system. What else happened this year? Best regards, Rich > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Rich Brown > Subject: fq_codel is *three* years old today > Date: May 14, 2015 at 8:11:38 AM EDT > To: bloat , cerowrt-devel > >

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] Why we are discussing ARM

2016-06-24 Thread Rich Brown
To avoid us wasting time on an unsuitable candidate, I want to un-recommend the WiTi Board from www.mqmaker.com. Although it was designed for good performance and attractive price, it has a couple serious flaws: - Wrong architecture - ramips/mt7621 - Flakey company - they met their kickstarter g

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] netperf.bufferbloat.net down?

2016-08-20 Thread Rich Brown
ne I continuously monitor the netperf.bufferbloat.net server, and the last outage I saw was on 4 Aug 2016 at 14:22 EDT. I also checked right now, and I was able to run netperf tests against it. (You can also check http://netperf.bufferbloat.net to see if it's live.) What indication o

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] netperf.bufferbloat.net down?

2016-08-22 Thread Rich Brown
Hi Dane, > On Aug 22, 2016, at 2:49 PM, Dane Medic wrote: > > thank you for reply and sorry for the noise. > The problem seems to be DNS from my ISP. When I use 8.8.8.8 I can do tests > without problem. Whew! Thanks for providing the feedback. Best, Rich_

[Cerowrt-devel] netperf server configuration

2016-09-27 Thread Rich Brown
> Dave Täht recently wrote: > > I just put a netperf server up in linode's freemont, ca, cloud (kvm > paravirtualized hardware), with sch_fq enabled, ecn disabled, and bbr > as the default cc. (reno and cubic are also allowed) That raises the question about the "proper" configuration for a netper

[Cerowrt-devel] Comcast's NANOG slides re Bufferbloat posted (Oct 2016)

2016-10-20 Thread Rich Brown
https://www.nanog.org/sites/default/files/20160922_Klatsky_First_Steps_In_v1.pdf ___ Cerowrt-devel mailing list Cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/cerowrt-devel

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] netperf.bufferbloat.net

2016-12-14 Thread Rich Brown
My alternate server at sea.richb-hanover.com is pretty close to Seattle :-) I got ~500 mbps between sea.richb-hanover.com and atl.richb-hanover.com. ___ Cerowrt-devel mailing list Cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listin

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] License File for Open Source Repositories

2016-12-24 Thread Rich Brown
> On 12/23/2016 05:35 PM, Jonathan Morton wrote: >> >>> On 23 Dec, 2016, at 22:35, Marc Petit-Huguenin >>> wrote: >>> >>> Aren't communication protocols mathematics, e.g. propositions in linear >>> logic, and so unpatentable? >> >> I would agree with that assessment. Unfortunately, that doe

[Cerowrt-devel] Connection limits at netperf.bufferbloat.net

2017-01-22 Thread Rich Brown
Hi folks, My bandwidth bill for netperf.bufferbloat.net was creeping up (exceeding the 4 TByte/month default for my VPS). It's easy to buy more bandwidth, but... Analysis of the logs show there are many IP addresses (remarkably, a large number in Portugal) that were establishing >1000 netperf c

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] fq_codel is *five* years old today

2017-05-14 Thread Rich Brown
ation in their products. Let's all take a moment and revel in solving some of the major annoyances in networking. Best regards, Rich > On May 14, 2016, at 9:18 AM, Rich Brown wrote: > > Another year, further progress toward world domination (or at least, fixing >

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] dnsmasq CVEs

2017-10-03 Thread Rich Brown
> On Oct 3, 2017, at 12:00 PM, Dave wrote: > > If you are still running cerowrt, stop and switch to lede. > > https://security.googleblog.com/2017/10/behind-masq-yet-more-dns-and-dhcp.html LEDE 17.01.3 (third stable release) is currently being built with dnsmasq 2.78 that fixes those CVEs. It s

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] Spectre/Meltdown explained by RPi

2018-01-06 Thread Rich Brown
And a good intermediate level description by Eben Upton from RPi https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/why-raspberry-pi-isnt-vulnerable-to-spectre-or-meltdown/ ___ Cerowrt-devel mailing list Cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net https://lists.bufferbloat.net/li

[Cerowrt-devel] Wicked OT: 240.0.0.0/4 netblock

2018-10-19 Thread Rich Brown
Sorry for distracting you from important things, but I have a question for people more knowledgeable about routing than I am... There's a person on the OpenWrt forum who is asking about using the 240.0.0.0/4 netblock for some (undefined) purpose. (If you're terminally curious, or need another r

[Cerowrt-devel] fq_codel is SEVEN years old today...

2019-05-14 Thread Rich Brown
Folks, If it feels like we've been at this for a long time, you're right. My calendar tells me that we've been using fq_codel for the last seven years. https://lists.bufferbloat.net/pipermail/bloat/2014-May/001934.html Let's all pat ourselves on the back for this good work! Rich __

[Cerowrt-devel] OT: Netflix vs 6in4 from HE.net

2020-03-21 Thread Rich Brown
to Bloat & CeroWrt folks: This is a little OT for either of these lists, but I figured there are plenty of experts here, and I would be delighted to get your thoughts. I just tried to view a Netflix movie and got a F7111-5059 error message. This prevented the video from playing. (As recently as

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] [Bloat] OT: Netflix vs 6in4 from HE.net

2020-03-21 Thread Rich Brown
ell enough? > > Best Regards > Sebastian > > > > >> On Mar 21, 2020, at 21:20, Rich Brown wrote: >> >> to Bloat & CeroWrt folks: This is a little OT for either of these lists, but >> I figured there are plenty of experts here, and I would be delig

[Cerowrt-devel] Which mDNS package for modern OpenWrt

2020-03-30 Thread Rich Brown
Can anyone give advice about the best mDNS package to install these days? There seem to be several contenders: mdnsutils, avahi, olsrd-mod-mdns, and umdns... Thanks. Rich ___ Cerowrt-devel mailing list Cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net https://lists

[Cerowrt-devel] fq_codel is now EIGHT years old...

2020-05-15 Thread Rich Brown
Yesterday marks the eighth anniversary of fq_codel's inclusion in CeroWrt. See Dave's announcement at: https://lists.bufferbloat.net/pipermail/cerowrt-devel/2012-May/000233.html It's kind of fun to read some of the messages to see what occupied our minds back in 2012... Enjoy! Rich __

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] FCC Filing - October 2015

2021-02-08 Thread Rich Brown
> On Feb 8, 2021, at 12:00 PM, cerowrt-devel-requ...@lists.bufferbloat.net > wrote: > > Ironically enough I can't find the original link to the huge FCC > filing we'd done5+ years bafck, just the ancillary documents. Anybody > know where it is? I found this from 9 Oct 2015: https://docs.goog

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] crontab updates

2021-11-16 Thread Rich Brown
> On Nov 16, 2021, at 12:00 PM, cerowrt-devel-requ...@lists.bufferbloat.net > wrote: > > I've always been kind of a control freak and did manual updates. Are > others confident enough in openwrt's process to use this? > > opkg update; opkg list-upgradable | cut -f 1 -d ' ' | xargs opkg install

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] Cerowrt-devel Digest, Vol 114, Issue 4

2021-11-17 Thread Rich Brown
I didn't respond to the list... > Rich Brown writes: > >>> On Nov 16, 2021, at 12:00 PM, cerowrt-devel-requ...@lists.bufferbloat.net >>> wrote: >>> >>> I've always been kind of a control freak and did manual updates. Are >>

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] OpenWrt on Archer AX20?

2021-12-07 Thread Rich Brown
> On Dec 7, 2021, at 12:00 PM, cerowrt-devel-requ...@lists.bufferbloat.net > wrote: > > Sorry, that was the AX 20. I'd misremembered it. (I find router model > numbers quite confusing.) > > > Do

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] 3.7.5-2 released

2013-02-03 Thread Rich Brown
w to force the reconnect when the 6in4 tunnel goes down? If not, what's the right list to get this question? Thanks. Rich Brown Hanover, NH USA On Feb 3, 2013, at 11:45 AM, Dave Taht wrote: > > + sources tagged and pushed to cerowrt-next and cerofiles-next on github > + Kernel 3

[Cerowrt-devel] CeroWrt Wiki updated to focus on Modena (3.7.5-2) release

2013-03-16 Thread Rich Brown
The wiki has been updated to make the Modena release the primary source of information. (Dave Täht made the initial changes; all the mistakes are mine :-) Comments, please. http://www.bufferbloat.net/projects/cerowrt/wiki ___ Cerowrt-devel mailing lis

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] cerowrt 3.8.6-3 released

2013-04-10 Thread Rich Brown
A quick test of 3.8.6-3 on my WNDR3800 looked good. I was able to execute my scripts for setting up the config the way I like and for obtaining a 6in4 address through Hurricane Electric (see the wiki for the scripts). There was a peculiar behavior with wireless immediately after configuring the

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] cerowrt 3.8.8-4 released

2013-04-24 Thread Rich Brown
Folks, Good news from the (limited) testing that I do. I installed 3.8.8-4 on my WNDR3800 without incident. I also ran the two configuration scripts in the wiki to set the configuration to set the timezone, put a password on my wireless and set up the IPv6 tunnel. Thanks to Dave and Toke for a

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] [Bloat] blip: a tool for seeing internet latency with javascript

2013-04-28 Thread Rich Brown
This is indeed a cool hack. I was astonished for a moment, because it was a bedrock belief that you can't send pings from Javascript. And in fact, that is still true. Apenwarr's code sends short HTTP queries of the format shown below to each of two hosts: http://gstatic.com/generate_204 http:

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] [Codel] [Bloat] blip: a tool for seeing internet latency with javascript

2013-04-30 Thread Rich Brown
Folks, I noted a paradoxical effect using the blip tool and CeroWrt. I wrote it up and included screen shots in: http://www.bufferbloat.net/issues/430 Here's the text of the note. Any thoughts? Rich Brown Hanover, NH - CeroWrt 3.8.8-4 doesn't have as big an eff

[Cerowrt-devel] Field Report - installing 3.8.13-7

2013-06-16 Thread Rich Brown
under load showed that the simplest-qos.h seemed to be working. As noted above, 6in4 addresses seem to work, however, I did see a lot of error messages as a result of running the 6in4 tunnel configuration script. I've attached it to see if there's anything amiss… Thanks! Rich Brown H

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] Field Report - installing 3.8.13-7

2013-06-16 Thread Rich Brown
Toke, >> Warning: Option @defaults[0].synflood_rate has invalid value '200' > > This is because the value is wrong. It should be '200/s' and not '200'. > That's a bug, I believe (though a minor one). Fixed in git; you can > manually add the /s in your /etc/config/firewall if you want to shut it >

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] Tests for Wi-Fi - (was: openwrt-22-03-rc6 released)

2022-08-04 Thread Rich Brown via Cerowrt-devel
Dave, You write: > Please test (the Wi-Fi) Do we have a well-defined set of tests? Specifically, is there a straightforward procedure that we can run that really tests the Wi-Fi? and not my crummy ISP? I'm imagining that people install netperf on their router and then run Flent or RPM or ..

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] [NNagain] Please, co-sign Dave Taht's nomination for Jonathan B. Postel Service Award

2025-06-19 Thread Rich Brown via Cerowrt-devel
Vint (and all), Back in April, I submitted Dave's name for the Postel award. I also blogged about my recommendation at: https://randomneuronsfiring.com/dave-taht-for-postel-service-award/ I would be honored to be included among those who endorse his work. Best regards, Rich Brown Buffer

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