[c-nsp] Network Throughput Tools

[Phil Mayers]

On 11/09/12 12:54, Michael Vinogradsky wrote:
> Hello, Does anyone know of a tool to measure network throughput, but
> does not need access to the network devices? Namely, a tool to be
> installed on a LAN, which would measure the over throughput of the
> LAN and potentially the WAN circuit. The big constraint is that
> access to the networking hardware is completely prohibited. Therefore
> some of the traditional technologies SPAN or SNMP are not allowed.

iperf, netperf, nuttcp, thrulay, "do a large FTP transfer and examine a 
.pcap of the flow with tcptrace", take your pick.

I used to use iperf a lot but am leaning in the direction of netperf 
these days.