[c-nsp] Network Throughput Tools

[Michael Vinogradsky]

Thanks Phil. iperf and netperf might get the job done. Can you recommend any commercial solutions that use these protocols? Something that's probe/collector based.

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From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Phil Mayers
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 8:14 AM
To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Network Throughput Tools

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.
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