[c-nsp] IPerf alternative

[James Bensley]

On 7 August 2017 at 08:37, Saku Ytti <saku at ytti.fi> wrote:
> On 7 August 2017 at 10:25, CiscoNSP List <CiscoNSP_list at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> TCP makes very little sense, as I want to test the network, not TCP
> settings of end-hosts.

+1

I use iPerf with UDP streams and Etherate to test at layer 3+4 and
layer 2/2.5 respectively, to test the network with as little
dependency or interactions or reliance on the host OS as I can get
away with.

Cheers,
James.