Thanks Andrew, I sent @moeller some logs but the data set was small. I should have a better one this AM. I can send it here or Openwrt ( probably better) I do not want to clog up this list. I'll check out the link and see if I have the reccomendations implemented. Warren On Fri, Dec 2, 2022, 6:09 AM Andrew Somerville wrote: > Dear Warren, > > As Sebastian suggested if you can send across a log file having run some > speed tests (ideally with longer rather than shorter duration) then with > his fantastic plotting utility we should be able to get an idea of what is > happening. There really is not much in the way of documentation concerning > cake-autorate. I have put almost all my effort into developing it with the > help of Sebastian. > > cake-autorate does not autoconfigure itself so it does require quite a bit > of tuning - especially for Starlink, which is a super interesting case > because it offers huge bandwidth but latency is a challenge to keep under > control and we even tried to implement some compensation for satellite > switching, which hasn't been tested as much as I would like and possibly > can be improved further. > > It might be time to add some more documentation. But the thread on OpenWrt > is a great place to get feedback from both of us and other users. Actually > I just gave some suggested parameters for use with Starlink to an OpenWrt > user here: > > https://forum.openwrt.org/t/cake-w-adaptive-bandwidth/135379/1221?u=lynx > > Best wishes and keep me CC'ed, > > Andrew > > On Thu, 1 Dec 2022 at 20:52, warren ponder wrote: > >> Thanks @moeller! I am still trying to figure out Octave. It's not >> running on my router so I have been copying zips off to a Mac and >> trying to plot them there. I think I am not hitting the min >> requirement of 6.4 though. Seems the plots are key here so I'll put >> some effort into focusing on that. >> >> WP >> >> On Thu, Dec 1, 2022 at 1:40 PM Sebastian Moeller wrote: >> > >> > Hi Warren, >> > >> > >> > > On Dec 1, 2022, at 19:41, warren ponder via Starlink < >> starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote: >> > > >> > > I have been working with the 3rd party router team of the router I >> > > have been using behind Starlink to add CAKE to their router. I have an >> > > early access loaded and have modified it to add CAKE-Autorate. I have >> > > it running but not entirely sure I have it all running correctly or >> > > how to quantify if its making a difference. >> > > >> > > Beside github for CAKE-Autorate are there any other sources of info to >> > > read up on about ensuring I have it going right and possibly quantify >> > > its making a difference? >> > >> > Most discussion happens in the following OpenWrt thread: >> > https://forum.openwrt.org/t/cake-w-adaptive-bandwidth/135379/1202 >> > or you can open an issue in the github. About making a difference we >> added some potting code which can turn the log files into partially >> interpretable plots. >> > >> > I use (192.168.42.1 is my OpenWrt/TurrisOS router running >> cake-autorate): >> > ssh root@192.168.42.1 'kill -USR1 $( cat >> /var/run/cake-autorate/maintain_log_file_pid )' && sleep 30 && scp >> root@192.168.42.1:/var/log/cake-autorate_*.log.gz ./SCRATCH/ && ssh >> root@192.168.42.1 'rm /var/log/cake-autorate_*.log.gz' >> > >> > followed by: >> > octave -qf --eval >> 'fn_parse_autorate_log("./SCRATCH/cake-autorate_2022-12-01_20_21_16.log.gz", >> [], [])' >> > >> > this requires octave >= 6.4... once you have that post your plots to >> the forum thread and we can take it from there. >> > >> > >> > >> > Regards >> > Sebastian >> > >> > P.S.: I cc'd Andrew cake-autorate's principal developer, he might have >> more ideas... >> > >> > >> > >> > > >> > > thanks >> > > >> > > WP >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Starlink mailing list >> > > Starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net >> > > https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink >> > >> >