Recently it was required to test a 40Mbps link between two cities. In the past testing of such links was suggested to be done with iperf. Iperf is a wonderful tool to handle such tests and it successfully displays a lot of data on the link’s throughput , loss , jitter , etc…
This is a bit on how to use iperf and how it can make life easier on testing links , getting assurance tests on link characteristics and so forth.
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Once again , found somewhere on the Internet and saved for humorous purposes so it doesn’t die out. No Offense to anyone’s religion or anything of the sort ; this is part of my religion too I guess.
In the beginning there was the computer. And God said
%Let there be light!…
Continue reading ‘God has logged on.’
I didn’t think I knew the alphabet in such a “*nix” way until I ran across this somewhere on the Internet. This is priceless for all the UNIX lovers out there.
Continue reading ‘The ABC’s of Unix’
The following upgrade to UNIX System VI was posted to a Usenet newsgroup, the original author is unknown to the poster.Of course sys admins the world over know that Post-Modern Politically-Correct BSD has already had these features for years.In order for UNIX(tm) to survive into the nineties, it must get rid of its intimidating commands and outmoded jargon, and become compatible with the existing standards of our day. To this end, technicians have come up with a new version of UNIX, System VI, for use by the PC - that is, the “Politically Correct.”
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This is quite old yet I chose to keep these here from time to time since they will vanish slowly off the net as do prehistoric things. But like the kind person that I am I choose to preserve them for humorous purposes naturally. So here it is “101 things you do NOT want your System Administrator to say”.
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