[c-nsp] IPerf alternative

[Ryan Harden]

iperf is dead. Use iperf3, maintained by the folks at the Energy Science Network.

http://software.es.net/iperf/

It works very well…

Test between a host in Chicago and Los Angeles. (44ms RTT)
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[ ID]       Interval              Transfer         Bandwidth             Retr
[SUM]   0.00-30.00  sec  96.3 GBytes  27563 Mbits/sec    0             sender

/Ryan

Ryan Harden
Research and Advanced Networking Architect
University of Chicago - ASN160
P: 773.834.5441




> On Aug 7, 2017, at 11:33 AM, Josh Galvez <josh at zevlag.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm not sure how stuck on Layer3 protocols you are, but this
> https://github.com/jwbensley/Etherate is a nice Layer2 testing tool.
> 
> Josh
> 
> On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 1:25 AM, CiscoNSP List <CiscoNSP_list at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Hi everyone,
>> 
>> 
>> Looking for an alternative to IPerf for link testing - Having some
>> "reliability" concerns with IPerf results (Primarily with simultaneous data
>> transfers) - Any recommendations are greatly appreciated (10G capabilities
>> would be fantastic, but not 100% necessary) - Has anyone used/tried
>> Ostinato ? Primarily after a tool that can provide load testing results
>> (simultaneous bidirectional, one direction, and UDP/TCP are primary
>> requirements...Happy to look at a commercial product/appliance if it ticks
>> all the boxes, but not wanting to spend a fortune :)
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks in advance
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