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My dogs want go to Dogpark, but its closed
YV5WZ
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I've been trying to understand Dogpark software, 20 minutes test time makes me stressful
I did connect (on same network) to my flex 6600, some audio interruptions are frequent.
From another network in remote mode is almost impossible, HUD shows yellow light blinking.
my internet is too slow, so I guess probably 4Mbs are not optimum speed
I guess I will be back to Bill Gates empire again
I did connect (on same network) to my flex 6600, some audio interruptions are frequent.
From another network in remote mode is almost impossible, HUD shows yellow light blinking.
my internet is too slow, so I guess probably 4Mbs are not optimum speed
I guess I will be back to Bill Gates empire again
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If you are on the same wired network with Dogpark SDR and your Flex, you should not have any audio dropouts. Your internet speed is not a factor. Something is not right in your LAN.0
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Thanks George
I have my Flex 6600 wire to Deco Mesh by TP-Link , and I have trying to connect from my McBook Pro via Wifi (sadly not ethernet port to test)
What's making me to be worried is I can't do nothing with remote
Any network advise? UDp? Ip?
Thanks
George
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Are you using 2.4 G WiFi or 5.8 G? Whenever I use 2.4 G, my dogparkSDR or any other connection to the radio is absolutely LOUSY. On the other hand, when I use 5.8 G WiFi, everything works fine. 2.4 G WiFi is very congested in most places, and there are only three clear channels. In almost all cases, you will be interfered with, and need to wait for a chance at using any given channel. 5.8 G WiFi on the other hand, has many clear channels and much less contention - when you need the channel, it is there and you do not need to wait. Delay is the enemy of smooth audio (or data) delivery over Ethernet.1
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The data rate shouldn't be an issue, but a 'mesh' network might be. Can you try a wired connection to radio? That should work great. The easiest test is to run your windows box on the same mesh network and see if issue is your network or not.
Is your windows box on the same wireless network? Is it on a wired network?
Mesh networks are not like conventional WiFi on a single access-point. Each mesh node is like a repeater, and performance takes a serious hit - is that how you got to 4 Mb/sec network speed?0 -
On your TP Link Mesh and on Samsung’s SmartLink Mesh Network you can not choose whether your on 2.4 or 5Ghz, the Mesh devices try to optimize the links and determine that. What I have noticed is they tend to have a marginal link initially but after a few minutes to a few hours they optimize the network multiple times and the link usually significantly improves.
I have had no issues of the type you describe with DogPark on my 8 year old Mac laptop. I suspect it is the fact the network connection needing time to optimize when first used with your Mac.
Good luck,
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Hi All
I have read all these with performance, but it is hard to comment on things without a very clear discription of how your network is laid out. So, if you have an issue, be very very clear.
That being said, if you are having poor local performance, meaning in your own shack, house, the following tests are critical.- First (again, as a test), trying using a LAN cable directly from the Radio to a Maestro or your PC running SmartSDR. We want to do this to ensure that nothing else is involved.
- Also, make sure that your PC is up to date and the your LAN card drivers are current - old drivers can cause buffer overruns or other problems and result in dropped a
- The router can cause the problem and while other things like surfing works, listening to HF is much more time critical with sending packets
- CAT cables - yes the go bad. You can search in the community for all the bad cables I have had issues with, even new cables.
- Make sure you are not using any WiFi - again for the test. Does it work wired and fail on Wifi? WiFi is a party line and even your neighbours wifi can contribute to your WiFi performance
- Are you using any Range Extenders? I've tried lots of these with limited success. However, I have done testing with the Eero Mesh on my Maestro and it has been awesome.
Thanks, Mike
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Hi Buford
For SL operation, I have found that the largest problem is the upload speeds and possible bufferbloat issues with your ISP.
When you run this speedtest http://www.dslreport.com/speedtest, can you share your findings?
I would also try reducing your FPS Display rate on either SmartSDR or a Maestro. This can consume a lot of your upload bandwidth which is the critical part.
I am able to run just find on 2Mb/sec upload, but I do have to make sure I don't exceed 60% of my available upload. I also have used either pfSense routers or an IQ router. Not all routers are created equal.
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Hi Buford...
Yes, I am not surprised that your remote experience is questionable. Your upload is 320kb/second or .32Mb. You will want over 1mb/sec and 2mb/sec to be sure.
Mike
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Hi Buford,
I have the same setup....6300 wired to a Motorola NVG510 with AT&T Uverse. 12mb down and 1mb up. dslreports.com gives me an A on bufferbloat. Remote operation is very poor with 1mb upload unless I cut the FPS back to almost zero. Nothing else to do but get a faster upload from the ISP.
73,
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I think your ping should be 64ms. Looks like you have the same provider as I do, hihi1
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hahahaha
Good one!!! hahahaha
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I'm not even in a 3rd world country, but as we speak my town is getting high-speed fiber to the house, 1Gb, but of course I'm probably in the last of the build-out phase. they say the project will be done by end of year, I sure hope it's this year!0
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This has been a real learning experience for me. Internet providers only advertise their bandwidth. you have to drag upload & download speeds out of them.
As a result of this I am changing providers to get what I need at a price I can afford.
Hopefully by tomorrow I will be able to operate remote to my hearts content.
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Gigabit fiber is awesome, had it for year or so!!
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No. I am local to my remote station while running speed test. in fact the equipment is turned off during test. AT&T is just lousy internet.0
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It might be time to get away from DSL. DSL rides the old copper private line system. Might be time to talk to your cable company. I think you would see a big improvement even with the bottom level service. Even LTE cell service has better throughput.0
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Have already done it. Spectrum promises 5-8 mbps upload speed for less than I was paying AT&T0
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