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What Is A Cakebox?
It is a small, inexpensive PC running Linux. Typically, it has
good hardware and an OS that has been modified for high-performance
networking; 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 your cakebox remotely and run a series of network utilities
(like Iperf, traceroute, pchar, etc.) to establish connectivity,
available bandwidth, and other details that may be of use to
you. They 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 at: http://apps.internet2.edu/cakebox/cakebox-install.html.
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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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