Hi, On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 1:56 AM, John Levine <johnl@iecc.com> wrote:
In article <37DBA43E-EE76-4323-962C-30BB988D0C2E@hathcock.org> you write:
Greetings, NANOG. Happy Saturday to all.
I am running a DOCSIS network that has a noisy cable plant. I want to be able to substantiate and quantify users' bandwidth issues. I would like a set of inexpensive probes that I could place at selected customer's homes/businesses that would on a scheduled basis perform bandwidth tests.
The RIPE Atlas project uses TP-Link TL-MR3020 minirouters reprogramed to be network probes collecting data not unlike what you're interested in. They are $28 apiece at Amazon so I'd expect them to be under $20 in any quantity.
RIPE gives away the source code here:
As well as the RIPE atlas (which is an excellent project), there is also the SamKnows whitebox; the device used by the FCC (Measuring Broadband America), CRTC, Ofcom and the EU Commission for their consumer broadband monitoring projects. They are also more than happy to work directly with ISPs if you want to buy a few boxes off them, and are currently working with some of the larger providers to embed their monitoring technology within consumer CPEs. Have a look at https://www.samknows.com/infrastructure. Alex