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IWL Quarterly Update: Fall 2015
Our newest client, VT iDirect transforms the way the world gets and stays connected. As a global leader in IP-based satellite communications, VT iDirect provides technology and solutions to enable service providers and partners optimize their networks …
Females In Robotics
This letter is a response to Tom Green’s article in the June 5, 2015 edition of Robotics Business Review: “Why are Too Few Females in Robotics? Could it Be the Robots?” I am female and I participated in the DARPA Robotics Finals. I was on the Degraded Communications team, a part of the infrastructure, not one of the robotics teams …
IPv6 Tests Compared to IPv6 Ready Logo Tests
The IPv6 Ready certification program addresses RFC Conformance and Interoperability. "RFC Conformance" mean the tests verify that the DUT (device under test) does what it is supposed to do based on the RFC specifications. "Interoperability" means the tests verify that the DUT can send and receive IPv6 datagrams to and from other devices …
Degrading the Network at the DARPA Robotics Finals
Much has been written about the robots, the competition, and the tasks at the DARPA Robotics Finals. This article examines the unique elements of the Network Operations Center (NOC) and the Degraded Communications. IWL was part of the network infrastructure team preparing for the finals for 20 months prior to the event. Here is our unique perspective …
IWL's Maxwell Pro At DARPA Robotics Challenge Test Bed
IWL, experts in network emulation and degraded communications solutions, tested its Maxwell Pro Network Emulator at the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) Test Bed at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina in March 2015 …
Quick Review Of Dell Precision M3800 With Ubuntu Linux
IWL Goes Shopping for a 4K Laptop – Checks out Dell Precision M3800. I’ve been looking for a new laptop for a while. My old machine is a Lenovo T500 running Fedora 20 Linux. It is a wonderful machine, but it is getting old and dim. I’ve replaced the hard drive several times, the battery is on its N-th life, and I’ve blown though several power bricks …
Fedora 16 NFS Issue
Here at IWL, we use Fedora Linux rather heavily. Recently we noticed a problem with Fedora 16 that caused us a lot of trouble. So we though it might be a good idea to make a public note of what happened and how we solved it …
Network Congestion And Net Neutrality: The Debate Over Bandwidth Utilization
The ground breaking FCC ruling on Net Neutrality has continued to stir the debate on whether corporations or the government should be in charge of regulating the use of the internet. Last week The Wall Street Journal published an article by Holman W. Jenkins: The Gigabit Distraction. This article makes some misleading and “distracting” claims about network neutrality …
IWL Quarterly Update: Winter 2015
DARPA announced in June 2014, that the DRC Finals would have a different structure than the Trials. In particular, Communications will be further degraded and intermittent forcing the robots to act more autonomously in completing their tasks. After reviewing the capabilities of all IWL’s Maxwell Network emulation products, the Maxwell Pro was chosen for its advanced programmatic capabilities …
IWL Quarterly Update: Spring 2015
On May 12, 2015 IWL’s CEO Chris Wellens presented to the Silicon Valley Automotive Open Source Meetup on the campus of Mentor Graphics to automotive professionals. She covered the testing of ECU and related modules, along with Infotainment and Assisted Driver systems …
Vulnerability Disclosures: Who Should Be In Charge? The US Department Of Code, Of Course!
Microsoft and Google disagree about the mechanics, reporting, and resolution of bug disclosures. They are not the only ones with this disagreement. According to Ars Technica, the security community has two schools of thought on this issue …