For Test Box Hosts

Information for sites already or about to host a test-box.

• Installation:
  • Installation instructions for the series E (1u high) test-boxes. (Dell Poweredge 650 & 750)
  • Installation instructions for the series D (1u high) test-boxes. (Dell Poweredge 350)
  • Installation instructions for the series C (4u high) test-boxes.

  • Pin-outs of the GPS interface, in case you have to make extension cables.
  • The specs of the GPS antenna, from Trimble.
  • The schematics of the GPS Interface.
  • The specs of the CDMA antenna, from Endrun Technologies. (This option is no longer offered, the link is only there to point to the documentation for those who still have such a unit).
• Accessing the data:
  • WWW interface on the test-boxes, public demo.
  • How to access the data on your test-box while it is being collected.
  • Description of the daily plots showing loss and delay, as well as some additional examples.
  • The traceroutes can be accessed through a MySQL data-base, here is a description of the output.
  • Analyzing the data in ROOT.
  • On the AS-IP Hops plots.
• Test-box services:
  • Information about the Test-box Alarm messages.
• Various:
  • How to translate UNIX-timestamps into human readable time.
  • How to upgrade your test-box to support IPv6.