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Peep, the Network Auralizer: Monitoring Your Network with Sound (2000)

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I have often mentioned this project to others over the years, when talking about audio cues and using audio to help understand large data sets.

Around 2000 ISP I worked for had satellite link that was playing up. So we put a machine on an IP routed over that link and left it on a website playing Gregorian chants 24x7 for a week or two.

Cue confused reactions from people visiting the Noc.

I use a Cisco linksys HomePlug to transmit ethernet over the copper power lines in my apartment. Funny thing is if I have my logitech z5500 speakers powered on I can hear the activity on the line, pretty annoying haha

https://www.loggly.com/blog/tag/sounds/

It looks like the page it was supposed to link to is no-longer there (which was a google app-engine app if I recall correctly) but maybe someone with some better google-cache fu can pull it up.

Around 1995 when I worked at the AG Group (now WildPackets / now Savvius), we sold a product that played sounds based on network traffic (via etherpeek as the underlying engine). It was very cool, but never took off in popularity.

Isn't the noise annoying? I usually use earphones to mutter the sound of the open-space, in order to focus on my work. Isn't it the same?

reminds me of choir.io, which was so awesome but has since disappeared

THAT's the name of that service!! I remember trying to find it about a year ago, and was never able to. I even asked here on HN and reddit, to no avail.

So sad it disappeared, it seemed to be an awesome idea.

Came to see the comments hoping someone would mention it. Thank you!

snoop, the ancient Solaris tool had a command line switch(-a) that would output network packets to /dev/audio. Back in ~97-98 I discovered this an had about 20 minutes of fun.

Had this exact idea last summer! This is so cool

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