Thoughts about Software, Networking, and Life
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 …
Toward a Consumer Responsiveness Metric Read MoreThe 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 MoreMy 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 MoreA 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 …
WireGuard Vanity Keys Read MoreA WireGuard VPN provides a fast, secure tunnel between endpoints. A macOS GUI client is available from the App Store It works great. But its documentation is minimal. Even though …
WireGuard GUI on macOS Read MoreWe all have heard the perennial complaint, “the network is sooo slow.” A primary reason is the inelegantly-named bufferbloat – caused by a bad router that queues up too much …
Coffee Shop Bloat Test Read MoreAhhh… the memories… Back in the day (around 1978), I had one of these beauties. All you had to do was place the telephone handset into those cups (really! [1]), …
US Robotics Acoustic Coupler Read MoreI have reworked my blog so that the primary domain name is “Random Neurons Firing” (instead of the pedestrian richb-hanover.com). Same content, but a better name. I’m also adding a …
RandomNeuronsFiring.com – now live! Read MoreUpdate – November 2017: Added descriptions for the other tools I had investigated. Update – October 2018: Although it’s not based on Netflow, Al Caughy’s YAMon provides a good view …
Netflow Collectors for Home Networks Read MoreThe Battle for the Net site https://www.battleforthenet.com/ no longer seems to have the telephone form(!) But… Boing Boing does. Go to https://boingboing.net/. You’ll see a popup window with a place …
Net Neutrality – Contacting the Congress (update) Read More