Wireshark it and look for tcp retransmissions. Save pcaps from both modes. Send them to Mimosa.
On Jan 24, 2017 7:02 PM, "Chris Wright" <ch...@velociter.net> wrote: > According to Mimosa, I should be telling my customers that if they’re > using the most popular metric in the world for testing internet speeds, > they’re doing it wrong (I concede that while this may be technically > correct, my customers – and yours too – don’t do technically correct very > well.” > > > > When TDMA is set to 75/25, 8ms window, MAC Tx/Rx is 980/290. This gives me > as much Tx bandwidth as I require for peak times, but no one client IP can > download more than 20mbps of TCP traffic (from my speedtest.net at the > edge, nor anyone else’s beyond my edge). > > > > When TDMA is Auto, MAC Tx/Rx is 780/780 (lower Tx, which is undesirable as > it’s 100mbps shy of what I need during peak hours), but TCP throughput per > client is greatly increased (150+mbps). > > > > So I’m in a pickle. Either my scrupulous customers can get those coveted > speedtest.net results they love seeing as they run them every thirty > seconds ad-nauseum at the cost of overall Tx capacity of the link. Or I > give myself some headroom in link capacity but the fastest speeds my > 100mbps clients can see is 20mbps. > > > > What’s even stranger is that client upload seems unaffected. I can upload > 150+mbps from my test on the link no matter what TDMA is configured. I hit > up Mimosa’s chat support was as chipper as they were unyielding in their > idea that I should test in a way that caters to the B11’s shortcomings. > I’ve been a Mimosa fanboy for a while now but boy am I feeling burned right > now. > > > > Chris Wright > > Network Administrator > > >
