2007 Feb 26 - Mon
Note To Self: Network Performance Link
Unbelievable. The name slipped my mind. And a simple internet search for my favorite
network performance tool, IPerf, becomes an exercise in
frustration. Finally. With an indirect hop through Les Cottrell's
Network Monitoring Tools List, I was able to track it down.
My problem was that I had IPTraf
and couldn't recall the real one I wanted.
Just so I land here again with the appropriate
queries, here is what I tried:
- open source ip traffic simulator
While on the subject of network performance, I've noticed that some ISP's like to play
deaf, dumb and blind to customer performance issues. Some wireless ISP's have installed
central wireless access points that don't provide SNMP access. So when RF and related radio
issues
hit, they are unable to troubleshoot anything other than through the WAG (Wild Ass Guess)
principle.
And for one more performance whine, ... are there any ISP's out there who provide routers
that can act as Cisco IP SLA Responders to customer routers? This greatly facilitates link
quality testing. However, ISP's seem to be deathly afraid of airing their dirty laundry.
One would think that this would, instead, be a positive thing in terms of improving traffic
quality,
especially at the corporate level.
If you have comments on this, I'd like to hear them over on the forums.
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