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[Larry Blunk <>]

  The Flash version seems okay on Linux Chrome 41.0.2272.89 (getting
700+ Mbps uploads).  However, I'm also seeing numbers in the 200-300 Mbps
range for uploads on Windows 7 (both Chrome and Firefox, having troubles
getting IE to work though).

 

On 03/13/2015 10:45 AM, Aaron Brown wrote:
> Hey Joseph,
> 
> I think that may be a property of the Flash environment, unfortunately. 
> What browser/OS/flash version (if you have it) are you using?
> 
> Cheers,
> Aaron
> 
>> On Mar 13, 2015, at 9:28 AM, Joseph Bernard 
>> <
>>  
>> <mailto:>>
>>  wrote:
>>
>> That fixed it.  Now I see much different results on the Upload Speed 
>> and Network Latency results from Java to Flash.  Can that be helped or 
>> is just the nature of Flash?
>>
>> Java:
>> UPLOAD SPEED  9.4E+2 mb/s
>> DOWNLOAD SPEED  9.2E+2 mb/s
>> Network latency: 0.31 msec round trip time
>> Jitter: 2.1e+2 msec
>>
>> Flash:
>> UPLOAD SPEED  3.8E+2 mb/s
>> DOWNLOAD SPEED  8.7E+2 mb/s
>> Network latency: 3.3 msec round trip time
>> Jitter: 1.7e+2 msec
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Joseph B.
>>
>>
>> On Mar 13, 2015, at 9:06 AM, Aaron Brown 
>> <
>>  
>> <mailto:>>
>>  wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Joseph,
>>>
>>> The small sliver is the flash applet, but it should be usable from 
>>> the web ui without going through the flash applet itself (the 
>>> javascript has the applet do the test, and then retrieves the results 
>>> from the applet). The below error is likely caused by not having port 
>>> 843 opened in the firewall on net-test.clemson.edu 
>>> <http://net-test.clemson.edu/>. There’s a daemon listening on that 
>>> port that Flash gets a security policy to let it make connections 
>>> back to the NDT server.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Aaron
>>>
>>>> On Mar 13, 2015, at 9:01 AM, Joseph Bernard 
>>>> <
>>>>  
>>>> <mailto:>>
>>>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Yesterday I thought nothing was happening, but today I noticed a 
>>>> tiny sliver at the bottom.  I made it bigger with some browser tools 
>>>> to reveal the M-Lab test.  This is the error:
>>>>
>>>> NDT test run towards M-Lab server
>>>> net-test.clemson.edu <http://net-test.clemson.edu/>
>>>>
>>>> There were some errors during the test:
>>>> Security error on Control socket: [SecurityErrorEvent 
>>>> type="securityError" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2 
>>>> text="Error #2048"]
>>>> NDT test failed.
>>>> Error parsing web100 var. varName: ; varValue: null
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Joseph B.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mar 13, 2015, at 8:32 AM, Aaron Brown 
>>>> <
>>>>  
>>>> <mailto:>>
>>>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hey Joseph,
>>>>>
>>>>> It should be working. What’s not working with it?
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Aaron
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mar 12, 2015, at 4:34 PM, Joseph Bernard 
>>>>>> <
>>>>>>  
>>>>>> <mailto:>>
>>>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Before I spend time trying to troubleshoot, does the “Use Flash” 
>>>>>> section work or is it just a placeholder?  The “Use Java” section 
>>>>>> seems to work fine.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Joseph B.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Feb 10, 2015, at 9:00 AM, Aaron Brown 
>>>>>> <
>>>>>>  
>>>>>> <mailto:>>
>>>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We have the first release candidate for a new NDT release.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Among other things, this new version includes:
>>>>>>>   - A java client that works with Java 8
>>>>>>>   - A flash-based client
>>>>>>>   - A new web GUI
>>>>>>>   - Support for using Apache instead of ‘fakewww'
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This is a beta-test version, and is not recommended for general 
>>>>>>> use yet. However, we're hoping that, with some testing in the 
>>>>>>> community, this can be improved quickly and a production release 
>>>>>>> can happen relatively soon. We're especially interested in 
>>>>>>> feedback on how easy it is to use the various new tools, and 
>>>>>>> features.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Tarball:
>>>>>>> http://ndb1.internet2.edu/~aaron/ndt-3.7.0-2.el6.x86_64/ndt-3.7.0-rc1.tar.gz
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> RH6/x86:
>>>>>>> http://ndb1.internet2.edu/~aaron/ndt-3.7.0-2.el6.x86_64/ndt-client-3.7.0-2.el6.i686.rpm
>>>>>>> http://ndb1.internet2.edu/~aaron/ndt-3.7.0-2.el6.x86_64/ndt-server-3.7.0-2.el6.i686.rpm
>>>>>>> http://ndb1.internet2.edu/~aaron/ndt-3.7.0-2.el6.x86_64/ndt-server-apache-3.7.0-2.el6.i686.rpm
>>>>>>>  (only 
>>>>>>> needed to use Apache instead of fakewww)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> RH6/x86-64:
>>>>>>> http://ndb1.internet2.edu/~aaron/ndt-3.7.0-2.el6.x86_64/ndt-client-3.7.0-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
>>>>>>> http://ndb1.internet2.edu/~aaron/ndt-3.7.0-2.el6.x86_64/ndt-server-3.7.0-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
>>>>>>> http://ndb1.internet2.edu/~aaron/ndt-3.7.0-2.el6.x86_64/ndt-server-apache-3.7.0-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
>>>>>>>  (only 
>>>>>>> needed to use Apache instead of fakewww)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> SRPM:
>>>>>>> http://ndb1.internet2.edu/~aaron/ndt-3.7.0-2.el6.x86_64/ndt-3.7.0-2.el6.src.rpm
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>> Aaron
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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