Arduino network monitior

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By John Baichtal

John Baichtal

My interests include writing, electronics, RPGs, scifi, hackers & hackerspaces, 3D printing, building sets & toys. @johnbaichtal nerdage.net

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February 4th, 2011 6

Pat Arneson built this clever network monitor that uses a BlinkM, an Arduino, and a little python.

I never appreciated my internet connection enough when I lived in the city. Now that I’m a country mouse I think it really IS a series of tubes. Reliable it’s not. So I thought it would be fun to use an Arduino, my BlinkM and a bit of python to create a visual network monitor.

6 thoughts on “Arduino network monitior”

Paul Sobczak says:

February 5th, 2011 at 3:46 am

Nice!
Harvey Summers says:

February 6th, 2011 at 8:45 pm

I’m impressed. I’ve never been able to get a small snake to help monitor my network. I’ve had to use the larger ones. Mostly to keep people from touching the cables.
Harvey Summers says:

February 6th, 2011 at 8:45 pm

I’m impressed. I’ve never been able to get a small snake to help monitor my network. I’ve had to use the larger ones. Mostly to keep people from touching the cables.