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What Is E2Eperf Interest
Group?
The E2Eperf Interest Group is an email list for those interested
in end-to-end performance and measurement issues. It was started
to help form Internet2’s End-to-End Performance Initiative
(E2Epi) and continues today as a place for sharing information
and issues about these topics. To subscribe to the mailing list:
- Send a message to the address: sympa@internet2.edu
- Do NOT include anything in the subject line
- In the body of the message ONLY include the line:
subscribe e2eperf-interest FirstName LastName
i.e (subscribe e2eperf-interest John Smith)
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is a cakebox? It is a small, inexpensive PC
running Linux. It is configured such that, when you plug it
into a DHCP-enabled Ethernet port and give it power, it registers
its presence with an LDAP server where it logs its current
IP address so you can “find” it. You can then
connect to it remotely and run a series of network utilities
(like Iperf, traceroute, and pchar). Cakeboxes were developed
by Internet2 to test H.323 video conferencing capabilities
and have been used for a variety of other end-to-end performance
tests. Instructions on “building” a cakebox are
available to member institutions upon request.
DHCP-enabled Ethernet port and give it power, it registers
its presence with an LDAP server where it logs its current
IP address so you can “find” it. You can then
connect to it remotely and run a series of network utilities
(like Iperf, traceroute, and pchar). Cakeboxes were developed
by Internet2 to test H.323 video conferencing capabilities
and have been used for a variety of other end-to-end performance
tests. Instructions on “building” a cakebox are
available to member institutions upon request.
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