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Monopoly ISPs are a Fallacy?

24 November 201729 August 2019 - by Rich Brown - Leave a Comment

Although I usually agree with him, one of my favorite bloggers, Dave Winer, recently said this: One of the ideas circulating is that your ISP has a monopoly, owns the …

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Life / Networking

End of the Internet? Help us prevent it!

21 November 20175 December 2017 - by Rich Brown - Leave a Comment

Hat tip to Ro Khanna‏ (@RoKhanna on Twitter) for this… A Portugal ISP (with no net neutrality constraints) appears to be charging 4.99€ (about US$5.86) per month for access to …

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Networking

Generating Netflow Records

8 June 201727 November 2017 - by Rich Brown - Leave a Comment

[Part of the series of blog postings on Netflow] Netflow is a network protocol invented by Cisco that provides granular visibility on network utilization. Routers and switches send (“export”) Netflow …

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Networking

nfsen-dockerized Netflow Collector

8 June 201727 November 2017 - by Rich Brown - Leave a Comment

[Part of the series of blog postings on Netflow] A lightweight Netflow collector and web display based on NFSEN/NFDUMP in a Docker container. NFSEN and NFDUMP are documented and hosted …

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Networking

Webview Netflow Reporter (wvnetflow)

30 May 201727 November 2017 - by Rich Brown - Leave a Comment

[Part of the series of blog postings on Netflow] Webview Netflow Reporter is a lightweight Netflow collector and web display tool based on wvnetflow and flow-tools in a Docker container. …

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Networking / Software

Bufferbloat on Packet Pushers

23 March 201626 August 2016 - by Rich Brown - Leave a Comment

Back in October, I had the pleasure of chatting with Ethan Banks on the Packet Pushers podcast. In it, we talked about the definition of bufferbloat, and how it harms …

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Networking

WiTi Router Board update

27 January 201626 August 2016 - by Rich Brown - Leave a Comment

I have the Witi Router working now with SQM-QoS – the bufferbloat-fighting technology that has been implemented in OpenWrt. Read more about Bufferbloat at Bufferbloat and the Ski Shop. Demetris …

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mqmaker.com WiTi Router – a new toy

16 January 201626 August 2016 - by Rich Brown - Leave a Comment

I recently got my WiTi board from mqmaker.com – a high performance open-source router platform. It was funded from a IndieGoGo project and was based on OpenWrt, and thus is …

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Networking

Comment to the FCC re: Consumer Router Firmware

5 September 201529 August 2019 - by Rich Brown - Leave a Comment

Update: The deadline for filing has been extended to 9 October 2015, so you now don’t have any excuse for not sending in your opinion. I filed the following comment …

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Networking / Software

Bufferbloat and the Ski Shop

1 May 201512 March 2021 - by Rich Brown - Leave a Comment

Bufferbloat is undesirable latency caused by a router buffering too much data. It makes your kids say, “The Internet is slow today, Daddy”. It’s caused by routers and other network …

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