Trouble uploading images to Wordland
I am delighted with Wordland – it makes it very easy to post to my various blogs. I encountered a problem uploading an image to one of my sites. I …
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All the “reasons” that bufferbloat isn’t a problem
As we take a shot at opening people’s eyes to bufferbloat, we should know some of the “objections” we’ll run up against. Even though there’s terrific technical data to back …
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I often hear people saying they have bad responsiveness / high latency on their high-speed internet connection. Even though they have a contract for 500 mbps+ service from their ISP, …
Save money while keeping latency low Read MoreUsing Apple’s RPM tool
macOS Monterey ships with a tool that measures the responsiveness of your network connection. It saturates the network with traffic for 20 seconds, then measures the rate of short transactions …
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[From the Archives of Amusing Technology…] Back in the ’90s, Dave Fisher and I created NameD•tective, a Macintosh control panel that gave any Mac on the Dartmouth network a static …
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Last month, Comcast released a paper Improving Latency with Active Queue Management (AQM) During COVID-19 that shows that their PIE AQM dramatically decreases lag/latency (by a factor of 10X — …
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At a recent videoconference, I advocated strongly for a consumer-facing measurement of latency/responsiveness. I had not planned to speak, so I gave off-the-cuff comments. This is an organized explanation of …
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The link below goes to the current Internet Draft for Responsiveness under Working Conditions. It is available at: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-cpaasch-ippm-responsiveness/
Internet Draft: Responsiveness under Working Conditions Read MoreBest Bufferbloat Analogy – Ever
My friends frequently ask, “Why is my network so slow?” And often, the answer is “latency” or the screwy term, “Bufferbloat” – the “undesirable latency caused when a router buffers …
Best Bufferbloat Analogy – Ever Read MoreWireGuard Vanity Keys
A WireGuard VPN provides a fast, secure tunnel between endpoints. It uses public/private key pairs to encrypt the data. If you have several clients, you have to enter their public …
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