TFW your question is unanswered because you don't understand a subject well enough to know what you're really doing, but just well enough to confuse most people...
@niconiconi that’s me whenever I touch networking stuff
@niconiconi hey you're better than me, i'd be too scared to ask the question in the first place
I found I just reinvented the sampling voltmeter in my question! ...from the 1960s.
Okay, at least I know I can buy a HP 3406A from the flea market instead of reinventing the wheel.