For Test Box Hosts

The Test Traffic Measurement Service (TTM) was shut down on 1 July 2014. This information is available for historical reference.

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 schematics of the GPS Interface.

Network Configuration

• Allow all traffic from 193.0.0.0/19 - RIPE NCC Management
• Allow all traffic to port 6000/udp - Measurement traffic
• Allow all outbound traffic - Allows for DNS monitoring / ad hoc measurements
• Please email [email protected] with any questions

Accessing the data:

• How to access the data on your test-box while it is being collected.
• Description of the daily plots showing loss and delay.
• The traceroutes can be accessed through a MySQL data-base, here is a description of the output.

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.