[MVMA] Opportunity for Big network test coming!

[William Curtice]

Hi Chuck!

Hmmmmm........

Guess I'm not sure what a "packet storm" is.   I do recall a fiasco, one
year, during Hamvention, when we linked the south California AREDN network
to ours.  A few hundred additional nodes showed up on our mesh status page,
and just that overhead load alone crashed our network and prevented us from
moving any traffic.  Is that the condition the new firmware is intended to
prevent?

In order to participate in the test, do we simply have to link as many
networks as possible by opening tunnels, or is it necessary to generate
local traffic loads as well?   What is the criteria to determine test
success?

Bill  WA8APB


On Tue, Oct 19, 2021, 5:54 AM Chuck Gelm <nc8q-mesh at gelm.net> wrote:

> *"Big network test coming! *
> *It's Linktober!  "Meshoween" is coming :-)*
>
> * We've found that as networks grow both in node count and complexity,
> it's almost inevitable that they'll suffer from a packet storm (or storms)
> eventually.*
>
>
>
> *Now that the patch for mitigating those network packet storms has been
> rolled into an AREDN nightly build, we've decided that it's time to
> stress-test our network.  On October 30th (starting at say, 9 a.m. local
> time) we'll attempt to link as many networks together to see how the
> network behaves.  If you have a long-haul tunnel that you can bring up,
> feel free to do so.*
>
>
>
> *HOWEVER, if you decide to participate in the test, or think you might be
> on a network that gets linked in, it's highly recommended that you update
> your node(s) to nightly build 571 or later to "inoculate" them against a
> possible incoming network storm.*
>
> *Before October 30th, we'll provide a reminder and instructions on what to
> monitor during the test.*
> * Thanks in advance for your consideration!  Please pass this along to
> your AREDN network neighbors.*
>
> * Orv W6BI*
> * (on behalf of the AREDN dev team)*
>
> *" *
> How does the MVMA group feel about participating in this test?
>
> Chuck
>
>
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