Thoughts about Software, Networking, and Life
I am pleased to note that my PR for updated documentation for the Crusader network throughput and latency tester has been merged. Crusader makes fine-grained tests of network performance, either …
Crusader Documentation Updated Read MoreI posted this nomination for the John B. Postel Service Award today… I strongly recommend Dave Täht for the Postel Service Award. Regrettably, this must be posthumous. I first learned …
Dave Täht for Postel Service Award Read MoreI posted before about the wifi-heatmapper project. I have been working on it to tune up the user interface and make its display a bit easier to understand. My PR …
More on wifi-heatmapper Read MoreI am switching my blogging to use Wordland.social. I formerly used the standard WordPress editor (Classic, then Block), but they always felt klunky and slightly overwhelming. The process of logging into …
Switching to Wordland for posts… Read MoreThere are lots of good Internet speed tests, such as Waveform, Cloudflare, or Speedtest.net. Unfortunately, these mix your ISP's performance with your local router/network so it's hard to tease out …
Making Local Speed Tests Read MoreInserting an image in a post: Image appears below… Image appears above. Can I update this?
Another Wordland test Read MoreA while back, I saw a project called zoomready that I thought might be a useful tool for watching a network connection (even though it was Win-only, and I’m a …
VSee Network Stability Test Read MoreFind the GUI on wordland.social
Second Wordland post Read MoreI’m often called upon by my neighbors to troubleshoot their crummy network connections. I already have good advice for solving bad latency caused by bufferbloat but I also hear, “My …
Playing with WiFi heatmaps Read More