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Wajahat Hussain+, Taha (SEECS), Saqib+ (GZHU); Johari (UNIMAS); Adib (Turkey); Dr. Charnsak Srisawatsakul? (Ubru), Eyad Ayoubi- (Jordan), Baraa Muslmani-( Jordan), Dr. Shadi Jawarneh? (Jordan)
Les+, Bebo+, Umar+
- + Responded via Doodle will attend; - Responded via Doodle but unable to attend on this date; ?email sent asking if attending
Actual Attendees
Saqib, Bebo, Les.
Others
Administration
- Membership of pinger-my is in https://groups.google.com.
- I have added: From Thailand- Dr. Charnsak Srisawatsakul <charnsak.s@ubru.ac.th>; From Jordan- Dr. Shadi Aljawarner <shadi.jawarneh@yahoo.com>, Ehay Ayoubi <eyadayoubi@gmail.com>, Baraa Muslmani <b.muslmani@yahoo.com>;
- Bebo pointed out that the International Web Conference will be in San Francisco in 2019 (see http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=77195©ownerid=85335). There are a whole range of topics. He would love to see something submitted related to PingER.
- Maybe something on Android PingER and potential uses.
- Bebo will send an email reminder to pinger-my.
- This meeting was scheduled with the aid of a Doodle poll.
- It was by Zoom
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- To use the software, you would have to download the Zoom client (and installed if prompted). The instructions to do so are listed here: https://zoom.us/download#client_4meeting
- The instructions about setting up the software are listed at the URL below. You may want to create an account if you do not have one already. If you are invited to a meeting (i.e., you are not hosting the meeting), you are not required to create an account; you can simply join the meeting using the meeting ID.
- https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362033-Getting-Started-on-PC-and-Mac
Action Items from previous meetings
- Wajahat: will provide a list of working or potentially working (e.g. being worked on) Pakistani MAs to Les. They are working on nodes as of email 10/6/2018.
- Johari: enter Umar and Dr. Taha into http://pinger.unimas.my/pinger/contact.php, Les sent reminder email 10/3/2018. No progress 11/16/2018
- To start local recording, the host has to join and approve. (See https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/204101699-Recording-without-the-Host)
- However, we can also setup automatic recording of the entire meeting. (See https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/202921119-Automatic-Recording#meetings.) Umar will try this the next time we schedule the meeting.
- Here are the instructions to access the recorded meetings: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/206277393-How-Do-I-Find-My-Recording-
Action Items from previous meetings
- Amity to set up a pinger-am email list.
Jordan Jordan
We had a Zoom meeting with Eyad and Baraa of the Jordan team.
- They will install the PingER traceroute server, the data gatherer (ping_data.pl) and the Measurement Agent (MA, pinger2.pl).
- Email sent requesting update 1/12/2019. No response.
- Les updated the web page on requirements.
- The team planned to attend this January 2019 meeting, however, Baraa and Eyud have exams., and no word from Dr. Shadi
Amity (Updated 1/3/2019).
Topher (Rain Forest Connection), Bebo, Umar, and Les met via Zoom with Amity team 1/2/2019. See meeting notes.
- The unreliability was caused by a dynamic address which has now been changed to a static address, also they will get a new UPS to fix power problems.
- It has been reliable since 7:46am 12/21/2018 GMT.
- There was a long discussion on Android/ePingER
- We will use anonymous FTP to gather the data.
- They will add the GPS coordinates (lat/long) to the MA data. This will enable looking at mobile PingER measurements.
- The paper on Android/PingER will be presented and published here on Jan 10th 2019.
Adib (Updated 12/15/2018)
- Adib moved to Karabuk University in Turkey where he is an Associate Professor.
- He will discuss with the department head about installing a PingER MA there.
- He will do his best to attend this meeting.
- Regarding the paper, he will search again for a good journal to submit it to.
Thailand (No update 8/9/2018, No update 9/6/2018, No update 11/19/2018)
Charnsak is looking at a host in Champasak University, Chan Parsa province in Laos as a potential site for a PingER MA. Charnsak just got approved to make contact with the Champasak University. He expects to set up the MA in the next 4-5 months (say towards end 2018). It also depends on the partner university, and there may be a lot of paperwork.
Email requesting update sent 12/6/2018.
UNIMAS (No update 8/9/2018, no update 9/6/2018, no update 10/7/2018, no update 11/19/2018, 12/11/2018)
Need to add Umar Kalim to http://pinger.unimas.my/pinger/contact.php. From the 7/5/2018 meeting: Johari can't ssh into the server so he will go to it on Monday. He will also upload the new UNIMAS PingER website next week.
Sent reminder emails 8/6/2018. 9/3/2018.
NUST:
Wajahat was unable to attend but provided the following update 12/8/2018
- "We have been aggressively pursuing the three nodes(121.52.146.180 (kohat.edu.pk) down since Nov 22/2017; cae.seecs.edu.pk last time we were able to gather any data was September 2nd 2018; and pinger.isra.edu.pk no data since 5th Sept 2018, so it is a candidate to Disable). It appears to me that the participating institutes have started to lose interest in the project. Anyhow, we will keep pushing. Maybe a letter of appreciation from SLAC might rejuvenate their energies. What is your opinion?
- We also need to formulate some research problems that have the potential of appearing in some well-known places. This might help in attracting NUST students which is getting harder these days. I need your help in this regard."
UAF/GHZU (Updated 11/19/2018)
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- Email sent to Sabitha and Naman 1/18/2019.
- How did the presentation of the paper Id 255: "Network Performance of PingER data with respect to growth of the TElecom Industry in India". Were there any interesting comments etc? Has the paper been published. If so please send a final copy to post to the local DoE/SLAC archives.
- Same questions for ID 256: "Extension of the PingER project onto Mobile Devices using Android Applications"
- Requested them to set up a pinger-am email list of people at Amity working on PingER related issues (1/18/2019).
Adib (Updated 12/15/2018)
- Adib moved to Karabuk University in Turkey where he is an Associate Professor.
- He will discuss with the department head about installing a PingER MA there.
- He will do his best to attend this meeting.
- Regarding the paper, he will search again for a good journal to submit it to.
UAF/GHZU (Updated 1/18/2019)
- Saqib's current contract expires February 2019. Saqib reports that things are still unsure, his current contract cannot be renewed. He will return to Pakistan February 15th 2019. He has applied to multiple places in China, Pakistan, etc.
- Gathering data is no longer working. Saqib tried to make the Beijing MA live again. However, he has little control over it as it is in the CERNET cloud. The traceroute server still works. We have given up on the MA. It has been Disabled.
Thailand (No update 8/9/2018, No update 9/6/2018, No update 11/19/2018, 1/15/2019)
Charnsak is looking at a host in Champasak University, Chan Parsa province in Laos as a potential site for a PingER MA. Charnsak just got approved to make contact with the Champasak University. He expects to set up the MA in the next 4-5 months (say towards end 2018). It also depends on the partner university, and there may be a lot of paperwork.
Email requesting update sent 12/6/2018.
UNIMAS (No update 8/9/2018, no update 9/6/2018, no update 10/7/2018, no update 11/19/2018, 12/11/2018, 1/15/2019)
Need to add Umar Kalim to http://pinger.unimas.my/pinger/contact.php. From the 7/5/2018 meeting: Johari can't ssh into the server so he will go to it on Monday. He will also upload the new UNIMAS PingER website next week.
Sent reminder emails 8/6/2018. 9/3/2018.
NUST: (No update 1/15/2019)
Wajahat was unable to attend but provided the following update 12/8/2018
- "We have been aggressively pursuing the three nodes(121.52.146.180 (kohat.edu.pk) down since Nov 22/2017; cae.seecs.edu.pk last time we were able to gather any data was September 2nd 2018; and pinger.isra.edu.pk no data since 5th Sept 2018, so it is a candidate to Disable). It appears to me that the participating institutes have started to lose interest in the project. Anyhow, we will keep pushing. Maybe a letter of appreciation from SLAC might rejuvenate their energies. What is your opinion?
- We also need to formulate some research problems that have the potential of appearing in some well-known places. This might help in attracting NUST students which is getting harder these days. I need your help in this regard.
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PingER at SLAC
PingER IPV6 support
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| Host | State | last seen | Status |
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| pingersonar-myren.net.my | No response. Sent email to hafizi@myren.net requesting help 12/24/2018. It was returned with address unknown. Sent email to Johari and postmaster requesting a forwarding address. Postmaster email bounced. Disabled | 6/26/2018 | Host pingable but web server does not respond. Disabled 1/3/2019 |
| pinger.nwfpuet.edu.pk/cgi-bin | The hostname did not resolve from SLAC,DESY and CERN, however it does resolve from some other places. Email sent to Wajahat and to SLAC net-admin 1/12/2019. No responses, on 1/13/2019 it was fixed, no idea how. It appears that the DNS resolution is intermittently failing. Therefore Les modified getdata.pl to first try DNS and if it fails try getting the data from the IP address in the configuration file. As of 1/18/2019 it appears to be working reliably. | Started 1/7/2019 | Working again. Recovered missing data. |
| pinger.isra.edu.pk | Down, it came up Sep 2-4, 2018. It is pinging, however, all the targets are not responding after 31 tries, email sent to Wajahat 9/18/2018. As of 10/14/2018 it is not pingable. | March 6, 2018 | |
| pinger.fsktm.um.edu.my | Sent email to Nor Badrual Anuar 1/5/2018. Recommend replacing the pinger.xml file from the master at http://www-iepm.slac.stanford.edu/pinger/pinger.xml and editing it. Nor Badrul Anuar replied saying he will look at it. | 12/28/2018 | Corrupted pinger.xml file |
| pingeramity.in | It has been working since 28th July. It is unclear how stable it is. It is down again 9/5/2018. Worked again from 9/24/2018 to 9/28/2018. Emailed Amity requesting clarification 10/3/2018. They are looking at it. No response 12/24/2018. It is still unreliable, details of unreliability, e.g. not pingable at times and no data some days, sent email 12/23/2018. Changed from Dynamic to Static IP address, and will replace UPS. It has been reliable since 7:46AM Dec 21, 2018 GMT. | April 27, 2018 |
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Next meeting: There will be a Doodle poll. January week of 14-18, , February week 11-14th 10 pm Pacific time (Nb now on winter time) ; a day later 11:00 am Pakistan time; 11:30 am India time; 2:00 pm Malaysian & Guangzhou time; 1:00 pm Thailand time; 8:00 am Jordan time. (I think). We moved the time forward by 2 hours to accommodate the time in Jordan.
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