These are links to PDF files of Case Studies and other useful files.
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PDF: Overview of Services (a “one-page” overview of services that I offer) [600 KB]
PDF: More Detailed Services (more detail of the services I offer) [750 KB]
PDF: Recent Engagements (example troubleshooting work that I’ve done) [120 KB]
PDF: Reddit Post (At a Loss) (example of extremely detailed analysis leading to a successful result) [710 KB]
PDF: Simple Selective ACKs (goes with YouTube video) [840 KB]
PDF: Part-1: One Packet Capture Location is Often Not Enough [1.1 MB]
A real-world troubleshooting example, beginning with a client-side trace that contains interesting behaviours but doesn’t contain the answers.
PDF: My Solution to the SharkFest 2015 “Megalodon Challenge” [2.5 MB]
A very detailed walk-through of using NetData to analyse a real-world performance problem.
PDF: TCP Performance (presented at the Sydney Linux User Group Meetup on Friday 31st March, 2017 and to Amazon Sydney staff on Tuesday 11th April, 2017) [2.9 MB]. The SLUG talk was recorded and is available on their YouTube channel.
PDF: NetData Overview document (from Measure IT Pty Ltd) [2.4 MB]
A detailed description of NetData’s capabilities, chart types and use cases.
PDF: NetData Transaction Representation [1 MB]
Explanation of the symbols and colours that NetData uses to represent application layer transactions.
PDF: Predicting-Performance-Before-Moving-to-the-Cloud [2.5 MB]
A paper covering NetData’s “Waterfall” chart type and how it was (and can be) used to predict the effect that server moves will have on the user experience.
PDF: Wireshark 101 – OzBerry Chatswood Meetup [2.5 MB]
A simple introduction to Wireshark, including the IP address mapping capability.
PDF: Wireshark Basic Introduction. Presentation to the Sydney Linux User Group (SLUG) Meetup on 28th July 2023 [2.4 MB]
PDF: Layer 2 vs Layer 3, IP Addressing & Subnetting. Presentation to the Sydney Linux User Group (SLUG) Meetup on 28th June 2024 [3.5 MB]
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