By way I tried that URL you gave me but my browsers keep on coming up saying that there is a missing plugin, but can not figure out what it is.
On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 3:31 PM, Chuck Hast <[email protected]> wrote: > MIke > Thank you for the observations. I did test the connection, since I am using > cellular, I found several phone numbers to test against, and all of them > provide > good inbound audio but my outbound audio is just all corrupted. > > I do not think that the DHCP assignment caused the problem, but I am trying > to figure out if something else was changed on the network at the same > time. > i.e. different routing. > > I know that normally ip addresses are not geo based, but it was always of > note > that in the past any search or application that took me to a map would > always > take me to a map of the area I live in, now since I am one HughesNet, I see > that I am now taken to sites that are no where near where I am, and I > figured > that it was probably where the gateway to the uplink to the satellites was > located. I know that they have several of them, so I thought that might be > the issue. > > I need to get on a wired internet connection and put the uCell on it and > make > sure I do not have something going on with the outbound side of the device. > Inbound audio is so good, and it was working so well prior to the failure > that > I am left wondering. > > On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 2:14 PM, Mike C. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > ------------------------------ >> > >> > Message: 8 >> > Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 23:05:21 -0800 >> > From: Chuck Hast <[email protected]> >> > Subject: [PLUG] O.T.VoIP and Satellite >> > To: "Portland Linux/Unix Group" <[email protected]> >> > Message-ID: >> > < >> > cadnfbv8dmg_x4oqrl8edtq1mz1z8cmonhqghmuhqnaayfvd...@mail.gmail.com> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 >> > >> > Folks, >> > This is a issue that I have been trying to figure out, and I have been >> > talking to the two parties involved. >> > >> > I am a HughesNet user (that is all we have out in the woods here) >> > I have been using a AT&T microcell on the satellite link since July. >> > >> > When I moved here I was told that the microcell would probably not >> > work, or at best with a lot of latency, well it did quite well, I always >> > told people at the start of a call that I was on a satellite link and >> that >> > there would be some delay, no issues. >> > >> > Then on the 15th of Dec the outbound audio went to trash. I can >> > hear anything on the far end just fine, voice quality is good nothing >> > missing. But the outbound sounds totally distorted if there is any- >> > thing at all. >> > >> > AT&T has been working with me on it, so far they do not see any- >> > thing wrong with the microcell, HughesNet totally washes their >> > hands, the thing that I have observed is that this whole thing took >> > a dump after there was a DHCP assignment change ( Hughesnet >> > seems to change them all the time) the other thing that I had noticed >> > was that prior to that change, applications that tried to map your IP >> > address to your location usualy showed me as being somewhere >> > near Kansas City. Now they think I am near Chicago. >> > >> > Does anyone on the list have any experience with this sort of thing. >> > I am going to see if I can get a hub on between the microcell and >> > the rest of the network and try to sniff where it is talking to, then >> see >> > if I do a traceroute to see what manner of delays I see on the link. >> > >> > In my miserable experience with VoIP, if there was a issue it always >> > seemed like it showed up on both paths, but in this case it is only the >> > outbound, so I am assuming that something is causing a delay there >> > somewhere. >> > >> > The microcell comes on line and appears to be happy, but no joy >> > with the outbound audio. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Hey Chuck - I'd start by going to this website and testing you VOIP >> connection and hopefully get some useful data. >> http://www.voipqualitytest.com/ >> >> With many years of Network Engineering work experience, I'd say it's >> highly >> unlikely this problem is caused by a DHCP assignment change. Especially if >> the only change in your internet connection is outbound voip call quality. >> >> I also wouldn't put too much into geo-ip mapping either. ISPs are assigned >> blocks of ip addresses from IANA and those assignments are not >> geographically based. Geo-ip location takes extra logic, such as Google's >> My Location service which requires a browser that supports W3C's >> Geolcation >> API. Google also makes use of it by getting your web browser to provide >> information an wifi access points nearby. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Mike >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > > > > -- > > Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- > Glass, five thousand years of history and getting better. > The only container material that the USDA gives blanket approval on. > > > -- Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- Glass, five thousand years of history and getting better. 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