Using Linux To Make a Slow, Awful WAN Connection 110
Julie188 writes "This is a brilliant little Linux trick from Windows fanboy Tyson Kopczynski. He wanted to test a new Windows 7 feature called Branch Cache, which caches remote data on the local machine to reduce traffic on a stressed out WAN connection. But how to fake a crappy WAN? Linux. 'The command that I executed (tc) made use of Linux Traffic Control (a kernel thing) which allows me to easily interject 100ms latency on eth1. Boff, Bonk, Pow, Plop, Kapow, swa-a-p, whamm, zzzzzwap, bam ... instant WAN crappiness,' he writes."
Lol. (Score:2, Funny)
so.... (Score:5, Funny)
Linux has to be forced to degrade network performance. Windows does it automatically.
Did MS ever fix that 10 TCP/IP connection limit?
Re:Lol. (Score:5, Funny)
Linux, 'cause even Windows techs need real tools sometimes.
Re:so.... (Score:5, Funny)
Did MS ever fix that 10 TCP/IP connection limit?
What? So if I open a tenth browser tab I won't be abl
Seems like a lot of work (Score:5, Funny)
Why not just use a Vista box and play an MP3?
Re:Seems like a lot of work (Score:1, Funny)
Because that would take a good 4 or 5 hours to install.
But I guess MS would call that a strength of Vista: It takes hours to setup before it can fail while you can make Linux fail right away!
Re:Lol. (Score:0, Funny)
Linux, 'cause even Windows techs can be a real tools sometimes.
There, fixed that for ya!
Re:Lol. (Score:5, Funny)
Dear lord if you're going to troll... at least get the grammar right:
Linux, 'cause even Windows techs can be real tools sometimes
Re:That's nothing... (Score:3, Funny)
I like how you felt the need to provide a wikipedia link, just in case we wouldn't know what that was.
Now if you'll excuse me, I think I hear some kids on my lawn.
Re:so.... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:That's nothing... (Score:4, Funny)
They were shocked when I introduced them to another tester who tested board games in the 1970's.
Oh wow, so before video games people used to play with pieces of lumber? :D
Re:Seems like a lot of work (Score:5, Funny)
my Windows NT 4.0 workstation box running on a Pentium 166Mhz machine would never skip playing an MP3 no matter what I threw at it.
Try throwing bricks.
However, he is a *spoiled* Windows fanboy (Score:3, Funny)