[Build] Apparent network latency issue?

[Torrie Fischer]

FWIW, here's a rather out of date wiki page that could get some love:

https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Network_Troubleshooting

And yes I realize the great irony of hosting instructions on how to regain 
internet access at the space on the internet, but a copy will periodically get 
printed up and nailed to the wiring closet door.


On Friday, September 26, 2014 01:06:56 AM Rubin Abdi wrote:
> I got a disjointed voice mail from Rayc about latency issues on the wifi
> in the space. Without any metrics I can't actually help out. A good
> place to start would be to use the tool mtr to run a traceroute to
> something like 8.8.8.8...
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTR_(software)
> 
> ...and actually figure out where the slowdown is coming from.
> 
> As far as wifi usage for the last 24 hours goes, at around 17:54 (when
> Rayc called), there were about 20-30 users on the wifi, and over an hour
> about 1gb was pushed over it in total. All in all well under any maximum
> limit the APs can handle.
> 
> To note, around 05:00 to 07:00 this morning (Thursday), one or multiple
> wireless clients pushed around 18GB of data. There were approximately 16
> wireless clients connect. As another side note, based off historical
> logging data there isn't any real way to determine if these users (or
> any users in fact) are sitting inside Noisebridge, or neighbors enjoying
> our free wifi from the outside. However right this minute I can
> speculate that there are 9 client devices using the wifi most likely
> from within the space.
> 
> Additionally I can tell you someone restarted biketrailer at 17:36. It
> would be really appreciated if folks didn't use resetting internet gear
> as a generalized large hammer to attempt to fix issues without trying to
> debug what's going on first.
> 
> I am currently having SSH issues back to biketrailer, which leads me to
> believe that the earlier reported problem is most likely Monkeybrains
> and not us.
> 
> The point to point wifi gear I had setup yesterday (Wednesday), was used
> for about 10 minutes, and hasn't really been touched since then. I will
> most likely unplug and remove it from the network tomorrow (Friday).