Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-06-02 Thread Dan Purgert
Mark Fletcher wrote: > On Thu, Jun 01, 2017 at 10:39:07AM -, Dan Purgert wrote: >> Curt wrote: >> > On 2017-05-26, Mark Fletcher wrote: >> >>> >> >> It seems like you read my original problem as slowness accessing the >> >> internet. That isn't the problem, I'm concerned about intra-LAN spee

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-06-01 Thread メット
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2017年6月1日 20:21:51 JST, Mark Fletcher wrote: >On Thu, Jun 01, 2017 at 10:39:07AM -, Dan Purgert wrote: >> Curt wrote: >> > On 2017-05-26, Mark Fletcher wrote: >> >>> >> >> It seems like you read my original problem as slowness accessing >t

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-06-01 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Thu, Jun 01, 2017 at 10:39:07AM -, Dan Purgert wrote: > Curt wrote: > > On 2017-05-26, Mark Fletcher wrote: > >>> > >> It seems like you read my original problem as slowness accessing the > >> internet. That isn't the problem, I'm concerned about intra-LAN speeds. > >> Haven't even got t

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-06-01 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 05:08:16PM +, Curt wrote: > On 2017-05-26, Mark Fletcher wrote: > >> > > It seems like you read my original problem as slowness accessing the > > internet. That isn't the problem, I'm concerned about intra-LAN speeds. > > Haven't even got the length of worrying about

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-06-01 Thread Dan Purgert
Curt wrote: > On 2017-05-26, Mark Fletcher wrote: >>> >> It seems like you read my original problem as slowness accessing the >> internet. That isn't the problem, I'm concerned about intra-LAN speeds. >> Haven't even got the length of worrying about internet speeds yet, since >> there are so m

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-27 Thread Curt
On 2017-05-26, Mark Fletcher wrote: >> > It seems like you read my original problem as slowness accessing the > internet. That isn't the problem, I'm concerned about intra-LAN speeds. > Haven't even got the length of worrying about internet speeds yet, since > there are so many variables that

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-26 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 10:09:08AM -, Dan Purgert wrote: > Mark Fletcher wrote: > > On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 02:18:06PM -, Dan Purgert wrote: > >> Mark Fletcher wrote: > >> > > >> > > Channel selection is automatic -- shouldn't it pick the clearest one? > > Also I am curious as to why sele

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-26 Thread Dan Purgert
Mark Fletcher wrote: > On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 02:18:06PM -, Dan Purgert wrote: >> Mark Fletcher wrote: >> > >> > My home network consists of 2 Debian machines, one Jessie and one >> > Stretch, an LFS mini-ITX machine acting as my firewall, another LFS >> > laptop that is connected only occas

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-26 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 26 May 2017 04:17:10 Mark Fletcher wrote: > On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 09:38:21AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Saturday 20 May 2017 01:41:20 Mark Fletcher wrote: > > > > Couple things here. I have no such problems. My routing is from the > > cable modem, to a buffalo netfinty router ru

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-26 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 02:18:06PM -, Dan Purgert wrote: > Mark Fletcher wrote: > > > > My home network consists of 2 Debian machines, one Jessie and one > > Stretch, an LFS mini-ITX machine acting as my firewall, another LFS > > laptop that is connected only occasionally, a Windows 8.1 lapto

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-26 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 09:49:43AM -0400, Catherine Gramze wrote: > > > > On May 20, 2017, at 9:38 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > >> On Saturday 20 May 2017 01:41:20 Mark Fletcher wrote: > >> > >> Hello! > >> > >> I have some doubts about the throughput of my home network and I'm > >> hoping f

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-26 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 09:38:21AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 20 May 2017 01:41:20 Mark Fletcher wrote: > > Couple things here. I have no such problems. My routing is from the cable > modem, to a buffalo netfinty router running dd-wrt, so I need no > firewall. dd-wrt has very sharp

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-26 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 06:17:41AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Saturday, May 20, 2017 01:41:20 AM Mark Fletcher wrote: > > What is the laptop using--802.11a, b, g, n, or ac? It's a high-end couple-of-years-old Toshiba laptop sold in Japan. It'll be either N or AC. I believe the router

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-26 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 09:29:12AM +0200, Nemeth Gyorgy wrote: > 2017-05-20 07:41 keltezéssel, Mark Fletcher írta: > > I'd like to be able to diagnose what's going on here, why the transfer > > was so slow. Any recommendations for tools I should research? I am very > > willing to read man pages e

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-24 Thread Brian
On Tue 23 May 2017 at 22:32:52 -, Dan Purgert wrote: > rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Monday, May 22, 2017 08:28:54 AM Dan Purgert wrote: > > > >> Probably WPA2-PSK ("Pre Shared Key") -- just means "password auth". > >> TBH, not having the SSID transmitted is actually LESS secure (overall) >

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-23 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 02:18:06PM -, Dan Purgert wrote: > Mark Fletcher wrote: > > > > My home network consists of 2 Debian machines, one Jessie and one > > Stretch, an LFS mini-ITX machine acting as my firewall, another LFS > > laptop that is connected only occasionally, a Windows 8.1 lapto

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-23 Thread Dan Purgert
rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Monday, May 22, 2017 08:28:54 AM Dan Purgert wrote: > >> Probably WPA2-PSK ("Pre Shared Key") -- just means "password auth". >> TBH, not having the SSID transmitted is actually LESS secure (overall) >> than just having it transmit, due to the fact that your client dev

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-23 Thread rhkramer
On Monday, May 22, 2017 08:28:54 AM Dan Purgert wrote: > Probably WPA2-PSK ("Pre Shared Key") -- just means "password auth". > TBH, not having the SSID transmitted is actually LESS secure (overall) > than just having it transmit, due to the fact that your client devices > (phone, laptop, etc) have

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-22 Thread Kent West
On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 9:56 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > This IoT stuff is way too damned close to 1984, the book. > > http://anonymous-news.com/11-year-old-shocks-cybersecurity-experts-anything-wi-fi-can-weaponized/ -- Kent West<")))>< Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.b

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-22 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 22 May 2017 08:28:54 Dan Purgert wrote: > rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Saturday, May 20, 2017 09:38:21 AM Gene Heskett wrote: > >> You'll note no mention of wifi here as its turned off unless I have > >> children visiting with their smart phones. wifi is slower, and > >> subject to

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-22 Thread Dan Purgert
rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Saturday, May 20, 2017 09:38:21 AM Gene Heskett wrote: >> You'll note no mention of wifi here as its turned off unless I have >> children visiting with their smart phones. wifi is slower, and subject >> to being used by the neighbors as I found my net usage after the

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 21 May 2017 12:58:05 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Saturday, May 20, 2017 09:38:21 AM Gene Heskett wrote: > > You'll note no mention of wifi here as its turned off unless I have > > children visiting with their smart phones. wifi is slower, and > > subject to being used by the neighbor

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-21 Thread rhkramer
On Saturday, May 20, 2017 09:38:21 AM Gene Heskett wrote: > You'll note no mention of wifi here as its turned off unless I have > children visiting with their smart phones. wifi is slower, and subject > to being used by the neighbors as I found my net usage after the kids > had been in was up abou

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-21 Thread Dan Purgert
Mark Fletcher wrote: > > My home network consists of 2 Debian machines, one Jessie and one > Stretch, an LFS mini-ITX machine acting as my firewall, another LFS > laptop that is connected only occasionally, a Windows 8.1 laptop, 3 > iPhones of varying ages, 2 iPads, 1 Android tablet device, a co

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-20 Thread David Christensen
On 05/19/2017 10:41 PM, Mark Fletcher wrote: Hello! Hi! :-) I have some doubts about the throughput of my home network and I'm hoping for some advice on tools that might help me diagnose it. My home network consists of 2 Debian machines, one Jessie and one Stretch, an LFS mini-ITX machine

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-20 Thread Celejar
On Sat, 20 May 2017 14:41:20 +0900 Mark Fletcher wrote: > Hello! > > I have some doubts about the throughput of my home network and I'm > hoping for some advice on tools that might help me diagnose it. ... > I'd like to be able to diagnose what's going on here, why the transfer > was so slow

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-20 Thread Catherine Gramze
> On May 20, 2017, at 9:38 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> On Saturday 20 May 2017 01:41:20 Mark Fletcher wrote: >> >> Hello! >> >> I have some doubts about the throughput of my home network and I'm >> hoping for some advice on tools that might help me diagnose it. >> >> My home network consist

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 20 May 2017 01:41:20 Mark Fletcher wrote: > Hello! > > I have some doubts about the throughput of my home network and I'm > hoping for some advice on tools that might help me diagnose it. > > My home network consists of 2 Debian machines, one Jessie and one > Stretch, an LFS mini-ITX m

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-20 Thread rhkramer
On Saturday, May 20, 2017 01:41:20 AM Mark Fletcher wrote: > The internet access is via Cable. I run an ethernet cable from the cable > modem to the firewall machine, then from the firewall machine to the > Linkstation's WAN port. The firewall machine's WiFi interface is > disabled (I didn't includ

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-20 Thread Nemeth Gyorgy
2017-05-20 07:41 keltezéssel, Mark Fletcher írta: > I'd like to be able to diagnose what's going on here, why the transfer > was so slow. Any recommendations for tools I should research? I am very > willing to read man pages etc, but am a bit lost where to start. Google > gave me a lot of Window

[A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-19 Thread Mark Fletcher
Hello! I have some doubts about the throughput of my home network and I'm hoping for some advice on tools that might help me diagnose it. My home network consists of 2 Debian machines, one Jessie and one Stretch, an LFS mini-ITX machine acting as my firewall, another LFS laptop that is connect