[184469] in North American Network Operators' Group
Inexpensive probes for automated bandwidth testing purposes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lorell Hathcock)
Sat Oct 3 18:26:35 2015
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From: Lorell Hathcock <lorell@hathcock.org>
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2015 17:27:01 -0500
To: nanog@nanog.org
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Greetings, NANOG. Happy Saturday to all.
I am running a DOCSIS network that has a noisy cable plant. I want to be ab=
le to substantiate and quantify users' bandwidth issues. I would like a set=
of inexpensive probes that I could place at selected customer's homes/busin=
esses that would on a scheduled basis perform bandwidth tests.
Likely I would need to place a server in the head end or across the internet=
that would allow me to isolate and test certain network segments.
I've looked into these in the past and was presented with some wonderfully e=
xpensive units that would duplicate my network problems into company financi=
al problems as well.
Any ideas? I know there are other ways to measure noise in the cable plant a=
nd I am working on those as well. I will soon be running other, non-DOCSIS n=
etworks and need to have the same capabilities to test available bandwidth o=
n those networks.
Thanks!
Lorell Hathcock
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