Testing

 I was up early again so that I could greet Ellie as she burst through the door at 6:30. She was already washed and dressed, ready for school. Once the early chatting was done, and she had some breakfast, she settled down with a pile of paper, some coloured felt-tipped pens, and a ruler and spent a quiet 40 minutes working on some crafts. During this time, the rain hammered down, and it looked as if we would get very wet going to school. It stopped just before we left, thank goodness.

Dropping Ellie, we returned home. Di got on with some phone calls and some chores, while I assembled the latest Raspberry Pi "snowyowl". Over the following hour or so, I installed the operating software and a program called "iperf3". I then installed the whole kit and caboodle next to the EE Router in my man cave.

I returned to my MacBook and then, plugging it into the network points in the house, one after the other, ran "iperf3" in client mode. This came back and told me that I was achieving a bandwidth of about 1 Gbps. This was what I wanted to see. It would have been pointless trying to speed up the network in the kitchen or the lounge if the distribution point wasn't achieving the speeds I wanted. Over the next few weeks, I will test the various endpoints in and about the house to see if any are throttling performance. This may mean switching old Cat 5 cables for new Cat 6a cables. (This would give plenty of headroom.)

Di and I discussed the aesthetics of the cabling for the new TV. We now have a plan, and I have ordered the first few cables to implement that plan. It will probably be a busy weekend.

Talking of being busy. I have to take Zoe to the Nuffield in Chichester tomorrow lunchtime so that she can see the consultant. Then late in the afternoon, I have to take Diane to St Richard's for an Echo Cardiogram prior to her meeting next week, with the anaesthetist.