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Installation / Re: VMWARE install
« on: September 14, 2015, 11:44:49 AM »
Hi Antonie,

Just to clarify, it doesn't do TCP acceleration when bypassing? So I should edit those entries to take advantage of it? I know users want to watch facebook videos over satellite and they are all HTTPS. Without acceleration they won't download fast enough due to latency.

Thanks again,

- Dan

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Installation / Re: VMWARE install
« on: September 14, 2015, 09:18:54 AM »
If it's encrypted or Interactive as defined in the traffic policies it will be bypassed. Will the connection still benefit from TCP acceleration? If not how can I modify those two traffic policies?

Thanks,

- Dan

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Installation / Re: VMWARE install
« on: September 14, 2015, 07:48:34 AM »
Thanks Antonie.

The issue I had was with an assumption that the global wan tx rate was in Mbps instead of Kbps. Setting it to 15 doesn't work so well 8).

I have it running but I seem to be unable to get packet loss recovery working. If you link is very clean should I just leave it off? 

I have it setup out-of-band bridged through two ports on a Mikrotik. I do have an IP address configured on each end on the inside of the WAN connection (between the WANOS units). The IPs are just to communicate with the remote side if the WANOS server fails. Do I need to bypass those IPs also?

Thanks,

- Dan

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Installation / VMWARE install
« on: September 11, 2015, 12:38:56 PM »
Hi,

I did the complete setup for a basic OVA deployment on two servers, I assigned two NICs to each one instance. The only config change was the IP address/gateway and WAN speed (15). The LAN and WAN are configured correctly and using the correct ports. At first I had very inconsistent results. I even completely reset it and couldn't get it to work. When it would pass traffic through the WAN it could experience high latency (2-3 seconds) even when only pulling up the WANOS admin page.

So I re-deployed the OVA from scratch on both systems and I got it to work (hit 1250K WAN cap). I reset the original OVA and still could not get it to work even matching the same config and interfaces. So I moved the MAC addresses to the new working instance, it wouldn't start because of the reserved MAC addresses in another VM. So I deleted the original VM, that of course failed still due to the reserved MAC. I am looking for a way to force the MAC in vmware to connect it with the license. Setting it manually doesn't work in VMWARE.

I have the new instance working, just not licensed. I am passing traffic through the complete system to an end device. The problem seems to be that I am unable to reach the admin page on the far WANOS box. I noticed that if I initiate a ping from the WANOS server to my PC, it pings and then my PC sees the WANOS MAC/IP, Then I can ping/login to the admin page. This is all on the same subnet. I'll try to reproduce this tomorrow.

I only need promiscuous mode on the Network Interface and not the switch under VMWARE correct?

Config:
ROUTER @ 192.168.76.1/24
               -
               -LAN PORT
WANOS @ 196.168.76.2/24
               - WAN PORT
               -   
               -WAN PORT
WANOS @ 192.168.76.3/24
               -LAN PORT
               -
Endpoint - 192.168.76.10 (VMWARE SERVER ADMIN)

I am running ESXI 6.

Some of my original issues may have been due to expecting it to show it had an active peer with only a WAN connection. Without an end device to pass traffic through the whole system it doesn't show an active peer even if you are passing traffic to the far WANOS device.

Do you know of a way to force the MAC or just re-license?

Thanks

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Deployment / Re: Adding WANOS to the mix w/queuing and caching
« on: April 16, 2015, 08:17:39 PM »
Ok, I think I understand. So with two express units on a PTP setup it would be limited to 6Mbps WAN speed in both directions?

So to fully use the download side of 10Mbps of satellite bandwidth we would need at least one licensed version on the Internet side to send traffic at up to 10Mbps WAN speed? Would it then be possible to use an express unit at the other side to optimize only up to 6Mbps of the upload or does it require a license on the remote side also?

Sorry for all the questions I'm just trying to clarify the costs they will be encountering.

Thanks,

- Dan

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Deployment / Re: Adding WANOS to the mix w/queuing and caching
« on: April 16, 2015, 11:44:05 AM »
Hi,

We are planning on this hardware:
SUPERMICRO SYS-5018A-FTN4 1U Rackmount Server Barebone
Intel Atom C2758 2.4GHz
CPU TDP 20W (8-Core)
With an SSD

My question in regard to throughput when using the express edition. With two units setup with express the Internet side would be able to use high optimization and send up to 60Mbps to the remote site. The remote site would be limited to 6Mbps optimized upload. Am I understanding that correctly?

Thanks,

- Dan

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Deployment / Re: Adding WANOS to the mix w/queuing and caching
« on: April 02, 2015, 01:00:03 PM »
Hi Ahenning,

You are correct, it's a dedicated pipe so no need to tunnel. The Mikrotiks at each side are really just to make the most shaping and dropping packets on the "local" side of the transmitter. The WANOS will be setup between two ports on the Mikrotik so it can be taken out of band remotely if there is a problem.

After we get both sides running I'll run some performance tests and let you post the results.

- Dan

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Deployment / Adding WANOS to the mix w/queuing and caching
« on: April 02, 2015, 07:56:28 AM »
Hi,

I wanted to discuss our topology and using the WANOS platform to improve the system.

This is the planned layout with WANOS:

INTERNET  -- MIKROTIK -- WANOS -- SATELLITE LINK 5MBPS RAW -- WANOS -- MIKROTIK/CACHE -- USERS

We have only deployed the cache and Mikrotik on the remote side of the link. We will soon have access to the earth station side of the link. We have @ 150 customers serviced through this system.

The Mikrotik provides each user with an even slice of the available bandwidth. Then each IP has each session in it's own queue to normalize latency across sessions (per IP). The plan is to have one Mikrotik shaping upload (remote site) and the other one shaping download (Internet side).

The 7TB cache server caches HTTP, Netflix, Windows updates, and Youtube (keeps it on HTTP for caching).

There is currently no TCP acceleration and your solution would surely be a huge improvement. I have a couple of questions regard the best way to deploy your system. This will only be a PTP link.

1. What is the best way to get maximum capable throughput with WANOS? Would adding a second SSD or more memory be useful?
2. In this configuration when a user overruns their queue packets will be dropped by the Mikrotik. Will packet loss recovery work in this situation or does packet loss recovery only benefit the WAN side between the two devices?
3. In the future we will be upgrading to 10Mbps/10Mbps (provider only sells symmetric BW). Will the ATOM processor or your appliance handle this at high optimization? Or should we just go with a more powerful processor? The express also says it does 6Mbps upload, does that mean it won't do any more than 6Mbps or will the rest just not be optimized?

Thanks for your time and what looks to be a very promising solution,

Best,

- Dan






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