DIMES Information

vikeor · September 26th, 2005, 02:05 PM

DIMES (Distributed Internet MEasurements & Simulations)

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About DIMES

The DIMES project is part of EVERGROW - a research consortium comprising more then 20 universities and research institutes from various countries. The DIMES headquarters are situated in Tel-Aviv University 's EE-Systems department.

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How does the Internet look like? How does it evolve?

DIMES is a distributed scientific research project, aimed to study the structure and topology of the Internet, with the help of a volunteer community (similar in spirit to projects such as SETI@Home).

Due to the way the Internet is engineered, distributing the Internet mapping effort is very important, and the only efficient way to measure the Internet structure is by asking you to participate. What we ask is not so much your CPU or bandwidth (which we hardly consume), but rather, your location. The more places we'll have presence in, the more accurate our maps will be. Understanding the structure and function of the Internet is an important research task, that will allow to make the Internet a better place for all of us.

The DIMES agent performs Internet measurements such as TRACEROUTE and PING at a low rate, consuming at peak 1KB/S. The agent DOES NOT send any information about its host's activity/personal data, and sends ONLY the results of its own measurements. Aside from giving a good feeling, running the DIMES agent will also provide you with maps of how the Internet looks from your home (currently) and will (in the future) provide you with a personalized 'Internet weather report' and other user-focused features.

We are welcoming DIMES pioneers who want to participate in our initial measurement effort and help us discover the Internet. If you want to suggest ideas or comment on DIMES you are welcome to visit our forums

dchw_dude · September 26th, 2005, 08:36 PM

I was searching, and found a couple good stats pages.

Main page for DIMES stats -
http://stats.free-dc.org/new/projpage.php?proj=dimes

Team Stats -
http://stats.free-dc.org/new/teamsta...s&team=TechIMO

Hope this is better than looking at the crappy DIMES stats on their home page!

vikeor · September 26th, 2005, 08:46 PM

sweet good find

we are currently 320th

dchw_dude · September 26th, 2005, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by vikeor

we are currently 320th

That will hopefully change quickly! Come on guys, join!

dchw_dude · September 27th, 2005, 01:14 AM

w00t! TechIMO is ranked 183rd now! Help us keep the steam rollin'!

Edit: (As of 7:09 PM, MST on September 27, 2005)

vikeor · September 28th, 2005, 11:28 AM

143rd... common TOP100 here we come

14 Member already!

Id like to welcome Meese, Twinkletoes, paul9, NJ and starrboy!!!

pphalan · September 28th, 2005, 11:32 AM

They will not let me into the forum for questions, registered, recieved e-mail and can't get answers for linux problems. Very sloppy way to operate cause I know 6 guys not getting their linux questions answered.

dchw_dude · September 28th, 2005, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by pphalan

They will not let me into the forum for questions, registered, recieved e-mail and can't get answers for linux problems. Very sloppy way to operate cause I know 6 guys not getting their linux questions answered.

Thats pretty bad. I'm not trying to make excuses for them, but it is a college thing, and they are still finishing getting al the kinks out.

super gerbil · September 29th, 2005, 02:13 AM

Thanks!

I plan on joining soon!

vikeor · September 29th, 2005, 04:01 AM

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Originally Posted by super gerbil

Thanks!

I plan on joining soon!

good good