Author: tom

Slovenia

Unlike one of my typical tours, where I would travel along a roughly planned route spanning a few thousand kilometers, I am basing myself this summer in the touristic town of Bled for six nights and making tours from there as well as doing a bit of hiking and cycling around the area.

Iperf – multicast IPv4

Using Iperf version 2.0.9 on Debian (Stretch) it’s possible to test networks using a multicast connection.

On the receiving end execute the command: iperf -s -u -B 239.1.1.10 -i 1

On the sending end execute the command: iperf -c 239.1.1.10 -u -T 3 -t 10 -i 1 -b 100M

This will run a bandwidth test using UDP…

New Purchase

As a 40th birthday present to myself, I am now the proud owner of a new BMW F850GS. It comes complete with pannier boxes and a top case, and tyres suitable for gravel roads. I will not write a review of the bike, as I’m hardly an expert but with over 50% more power than

Time to say goodbye to the Transalp

After 11 years and having toured through 29 countries, the Honda Transalp 700V, the first bike I bought new, has been sold and is on the way to a new life in Poland. I could not resist one final short tour into the Black Forest, and to take some video shots with the drone. A