What program can I use to benchmark network traffic?

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How to test real network throughput between two points?

Given two computers connected by some network interface, is there a standard tool used by an academics publishing in peer-reviewed journals to benchmark performance across that interface?

Dup/Related http://serverfault.com/questions/5111/how-to-test-real-network-throughput-between-two-points — Zoredache, May 27 '09 at 05:58

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 09 '14 at 19:49

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To use iperf first start it in server mode at one end:

iperf -s

Next, run it in client mode at the other end, specifying the IP address of the server node:

iperf -c xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -d

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Giovanni Tirloni

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answered May 27 '09 at 06:34

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 27 '09 at 05:50

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Test run netperf, Nettest or TTCP. not sure of the industry standard status thou.

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answered May 27 '09 at 05:50

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I'm not sure, but it may be the case that you need to use markdown syntax. – jldugger May 27 '09 at 05:59

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 27 '09 at 06:20

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answered May 27 '09 at 06:20

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What program can I use to benchmark network traffic?

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