Networking
Ethernet / 10G / Fiber / WiFi / Bluetooth / LoRa
Improving 10G Performance
When you first make the jump from 1G Ethernet to 10G you will be both impressed with the speed jump and also a bit disappointed that you can’t actually send a full DVD (8GB) in a second. Bottlenecks To get better 10G speed will require resolving many input/output bottlenecks on your network ranging from your disk drives being able [...]
Upgrading to 10G Ethernet in 2020
Gigabit Ethernet (1G) came out in 1998 but took years before consumer devices actually see end-to-end gigabit improvement. Now in 2020, we finally are seeing affordable 10G Ethernet appearing on consumer devices. This article runs through how to take a first step into upgrading your 1G network and the differences between copper, direct [...]
iMac LACP to Improve Network Throughput
If you are looking to improve your network throughput on an iMac, you will find it difficult to get 10G adapters on a thunderbolt 2 device. While it’s possible, it’s very pricey. This is my attempt to LACP (Link Aggregation Control Protocol) with the onboard gigabit port and a thunderbolt gigabit ethernet adapter. The Result [...]
Setting up IPv6 on AWS
I used to think that IPv6 is mostly a concern for ISPs and hosting companies to enable and once they do, everything in their system will start using it. Turns out, it isn’t that simple. How the internet hasn’t really felt much of the effect of this is a little beyond me because IPv4 exhaustion occurred at the beginning of [...]
WIFI Signal Degrades More Than You Think
I recently went down the path of switching as many of my computers to gigabit ethernet and I wanted to test to make sure my cables were actually able to do 1000Mbit/sec. Unfortunately the normal route to do that is to buy a cable certifier unit that runs over $1000. But then I found iperf3, a linux/mac/win command line tool that can [...]
State of Wifi (2017)
I live in a medium-sized apartment complex and there are 82 networks in range. Connectivity is erratic and bandwidth varies enough to make Netflix/Hulu/Amazon to switch resolution feeds throughout a show. The graph below is from a program called Wifi Explorer and it visuals the 2.4ghz and 5ghz wifi radio spectrum. Along [...]
Realistic File / Network Transfer Speeds
I don’t know about you, but I hate reading boxes with their “theorical” max speeds. Here are real tested transfer speeds using win7 as a test program of various file transfer speeds. The list will be ongoing. Please feel free to leave comments and I’ll add it to this list. Read Speeds 90MB/sec SATA SSD OCZ SATA [...]