Yeah well,
A storm hit us as soon as I posted that thread to Whirlpool. When it finished our Cable worked! Wierd BUT W00P!
Check out some pics from the storm:
Notably:
Lightning Strike 1
Lightning Strike 2
Pretty friggin awesome. And not bad for $70. 😉
NOW… We’ve got CABLE! 🙂 W00P!
Check the extended entry for full results but in summing up:
— telstra.com ping statistics —
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3002ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 29.853/32.748/35.462/2.231 ms
[stuart@poohbox stuart]$
— optushome.com.au ping statistics —
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3003ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 31.763/32.347/33.727/0.822 ms
[stuart@poohbox stuart]$
— pacific.net.au ping statistics —
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3002ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 51.910/53.157/54.927/1.137 ms
[stuart@poohbox stuart]$
— aussiewebhosting.com ping statistics —
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3028ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 8.382/11.744/16.309/2.957 ms
— rackshack.net ping statistics —
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3001ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 219.777/220.297/220.875/0.615 ms
[stuart@poohbox stuart]$
From bigpond: 08:11:36 (593.05 KB/s) – `linux-2.6.0.tar.bz2′ saved [33255278/33255278]
From pacific.net.au: 08:20:41 (529.33 KB/s) – `linux-2.6.0.tar.bz2′ saved [33255278]
From kernel.org: 08:23:39 (273.25 KB/s) – `linux-2.6.0.tar.bz2′ saved [33255278/33255278]
Stuart
Complementary ping test:
To telstra.com:
[stuart@poohbox stuart]$ ping telstra.com
PING telstra.com (144.135.18.10) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 144.135.18.10: icmp_seq=1 ttl=245 time=34.2 ms
64 bytes from 144.135.18.10: icmp_seq=2 ttl=245 time=35.4 ms
64 bytes from 144.135.18.10: icmp_seq=3 ttl=245 time=29.8 ms
64 bytes from 144.135.18.10: icmp_seq=4 ttl=245 time=31.4 ms
— telstra.com ping statistics —
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3002ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 29.853/32.748/35.462/2.231 ms
[stuart@poohbox stuart]$
To optushome.com.au (Telstra’s competitor):
[stuart@poohbox stuart]$ ping optushome.com.au
PING optushome.com.au (211.29.132.28) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from content.syd.optusnet.com.au (211.29.132.28): icmp_seq=1 ttl=53 time=33.7 ms
64 bytes from content.syd.optusnet.com.au (211.29.132.28): icmp_seq=2 ttl=53 time=31.8 ms
64 bytes from content.syd.optusnet.com.au (211.29.132.28): icmp_seq=3 ttl=53 time=31.7 ms
64 bytes from content.syd.optusnet.com.au (211.29.132.28): icmp_seq=4 ttl=53 time=32.0 ms
— optushome.com.au ping statistics —
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3003ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 31.763/32.347/33.727/0.822 ms
[stuart@poohbox stuart]$
To pacific.net.au:
[stuart@poohbox stuart]$ ping pacific.net.au
PING pacific.net.au (210.23.129.38) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from pop1.pacific.net.au (210.23.129.38): icmp_seq=1 ttl=242 time=54.9
ms
64 bytes from pop1.pacific.net.au (210.23.129.38): icmp_seq=2 ttl=242 time=52.5
ms
64 bytes from pop1.pacific.net.au (210.23.129.38): icmp_seq=3 ttl=242 time=53.2
ms
64 bytes from pop1.pacific.net.au (210.23.129.38): icmp_seq=4 ttl=242 time=51.9
ms
— pacific.net.au ping statistics —
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3002ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 51.910/53.157/54.927/1.137 ms
[stuart@poohbox stuart]$
Aussiewebhosting.com:
[root@gateway root]# ping aussiewebhosting.com
PING aussiewebhosting.com (203.46.20.69) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from host1.ausat.net (203.46.20.69): icmp_seq=1 ttl=249 time=12.1 ms
64 bytes from host1.ausat.net (203.46.20.69): icmp_seq=2 ttl=249 time=16.3 ms
64 bytes from host1.ausat.net (203.46.20.69): icmp_seq=3 ttl=249 time=10.1 ms
64 bytes from host1.ausat.net (203.46.20.69): icmp_seq=4 ttl=249 time=8.38 ms
— aussiewebhosting.com ping statistics —
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3028ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 8.382/11.744/16.309/2.957 ms
[root@gateway root]#
Rackshack:
[stuart@poohbox stuart]$ ping rackshack.net
PING rackshack.net (207.218.223.142) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from www.ev1servers.net (207.218.223.142): icmp_seq=1 ttl=43 time=220 ms
64 bytes from www.ev1servers.net (207.218.223.142): icmp_seq=2 ttl=43 time=219 ms
64 bytes from www.ev1servers.net (207.218.223.142): icmp_seq=3 ttl=43 time=220 ms
64 bytes from www.ev1servers.net (207.218.223.142): icmp_seq=4 ttl=43 time=220 ms
— rackshack.net ping statistics —
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3001ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 219.777/220.297/220.875/0.615 ms
[stuart@poohbox stuart]$
And finally some speed tests:
[stuart@poohbox tmp]$ wget http://files.bigpond.com:4000/software/linux/kernel/linux-2.6.0.tar.bz2
–08:10:41– http://files.bigpond.com:4000/software/linux/kernel/linux-2.6.0.tar.bz2
=> `linux-2.6.0.tar.bz2′
Resolving files.bigpond.com… done.
Connecting to files.bigpond.com[144.135.23.54]:4000… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK
Length: 33,255,278 [application/x-tar]
100%[====================================>] 33,255,278 593.05K/s ETA 00:00
08:11:36 (593.05 KB/s) – `linux-2.6.0.tar.bz2′ saved [33255278/33255278]
[stuart@poohbox tmp]$
From pacific.net.au:
[stuart@poohbox tmp]$ wget ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/kernel.org/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.0.tar.bz2 –passive-ftp
–08:19:39– ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/kernel.org/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.0.tar.bz2
=> `linux-2.6.0.tar.bz2′
Resolving mirror.pacific.net.au… done.
Connecting to mirror.pacific.net.au[61.8.0.17]:21… connected.
Logging in as anonymous … Logged in!
==> SYST … done. ==> PWD … done.
==> TYPE I … done. ==> CWD /linux/kernel.org/linux/kernel/v2.6 … done.
==> PASV … done. ==> RETR linux-2.6.0.tar.bz2 … done.
Length: 33,255,278 (unauthoritative)
100%[====================================>] 33,255,278 529.33K/s ETA 00:00
08:20:41 (529.33 KB/s) – `linux-2.6.0.tar.bz2′ saved [33255278]
[stuart@poohbox tmp]$
From kernel.org:
[stuart@poohbox tmp]$ wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.0.tar.bz2
–08:21:39– http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.0.tar.bz2
=> `linux-2.6.0.tar.bz2′
Resolving www.kernel.org… done.
Connecting to www.kernel.org[204.152.189.116]:80… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK
Length: 33,255,278 [application/x-bzip2]
100%[====================================>] 33,255,278 273.25K/s ETA 00:00
08:23:39 (273.25 KB/s) – `linux-2.6.0.tar.bz2′ saved [33255278/33255278]
[stuart@poohbox tmp]$
Oh yer… 🙂
Stuart