Network

Network Impact of iPad Mirroring

Published: Tuesday, 04 December 2012 20:31 | Written by J | Print | Email | Hits: 1923

We set out to determine how much network traffic gets generated when performing a video mirror stream from an iPad to an iMac running AirServer.

Details of the test network.

iPad 2, iOS 5.0.1
iMac Core2Duo, OS 10.6.8. To make sure we were only monitoring the AirPlay traffic, we multi-homed the iMac. Normal network traffic goes through the higher priority wired VLAN. Only the AirPlay traffic goes through the wireless VLAN.
AirServer 4.1
Meraki AP MR16, 802.11n AP
Traffic Reports through Meraki's dashboard

Category: Network

Runaway Apple TV

Published: Tuesday, 24 July 2012 20:07 | Written by J | Print | Email | Hits: 1825

We noticed a lot of bandwidth being used by an Apple TV 2. Which was odd, because it was just sitting idle. We never did anything with it, yet it was sucking down 3 Gb of bandwidth daily.

Wi Fi Sniper Rifle

Published: Wednesday, 25 April 2012 11:41 | Written by J | Print | Email | Hits: 2051

Build process for my Wi Fi Sniper Rifle as inspired by Darren Kitchen over at hak5.org.

Dynamic TLD DNS for cheap

Published: Friday, 03 February 2012 22:18 | Written by J | Print | Email | Hits: 1875

I've used paid dynamic DNS services for years. My original personal web and e-mail was hosted on servers I had in my home office. I continued to pay for both the domain registration, as well as the dynamic services to point to a top level domain for years. But, the rising costs of this "premium" service forced me to find a cheaper way. I still have my own domain, and parts of it still point to my house network, but I don't pay the premiums.