Wireless routers

FlightAware ADS-B Flight Tracking
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I expect you are getting those reduced test speeds on your desktop because the sub router is connected to the main router via wireless connection. Have you ever done the speed test with the desktop direct connected to one of the LAN ports on the main router at the fiber interface location? I wonder if your Flightaware was direct connected to a LAN port on the main router would UDP drops to the MLAT server would stop?

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No I did not, because to do this, I will have to run a network wire from Desktop to Main router on floor. Anyway the problem is not severe on Desktop. Browsing & download / upload are very good. Regarding piaware in VM of Desktop (Receiver 4), I hardly get one or two notices per day as you can see below.

 

The problem is severe on Receiver 5. It is a RasPI Model 4. This RPi is located near main router, and connects to main router on WiFi directly, bypassing the Sub-router. Strangely this one is the worst in terms of piaware UDP issue. Please see below:

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Wow, that rcvr 5 is much worse with it even running at 100%. I don’t suppose it is close enough to test with a direct connect ethernet cable? I will have to run that command line on my system to see what it has to say. My MLAT just bailed out on me this morning as I am currently tracking 483 aircraft.

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This command can be run in following ways

Option-1:
sudo journalctl -u piaware | grep NOTICE
No parameter after piaware. It will read entire log, and display logs with word NOTICE.

Option-2:
sudo journalctl -u piaware -b | grep NOTICE
Parameter -b after piaware. It will read log starting from last boot, and display logs with word NOTICE.

Option-3:
sudo journalctl -u piaware -n 5000 | grep NOTICE
Parameter -n 5000 after piaware. It will read last 5000 entries of log, and display logs with word NOTICE. You may use any other number in place of 5000.

 

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Thanks for those notes Toronto. I don’t know the Linux command line very well at all. I appreciate detailing those options. I ran the base command I was surprised to find that I too have a bunch of those Adept server notices also.