[GTALUG] How do I demonstrate a crappy network?

[James Knott]

On 2021-01-19 7:19 a.m., David Collier-Brown via talk wrote:
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> I'm working on an article about advances in Linux networking (eg, 
> Cake), but with a demonstration anyone can do, to convince doubters.
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> I therefor need a way to show how crappy someone's network is. I tried 
> Skype "echo" calls and an couple of similar approaches, then tried 
> playing you-tube videos, all while throwing a load on the network.
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> But it doesn't /visibly/ fail.
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> What is something that I can make fail, either audibly or visually? 
> Showing my grandmother ping statistics isn't going to work (;-))
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>

Run Windows? ;-)

Maybe you could make a defective Ethernet cable.  Perhaps crosswire a pair.