While I’m futzing around with hardware stuff, I want to make sure that I’ve gushed appropriately about OpenWRT and the super-router my $50 Linksys has now become.
Here’s the ping to my a work server:
10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 8.33/12.443/21.739 msAnd here’s the ping while I’m rsyncing at 230Kbps (off of theoretical 300Kbps upstream):
10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 9.119/51.399/95.571 msOh, and now here’s while uploading at 250Kbps and downloading at 1.2Mbps:
10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 11.564/34.727/51.772 msAbout a 20X+ improvement over performance w/o traffic shaping. It’s the difference between my shell being unusable and being productive while I’m transferring.