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IPERF:Howtotestnetwork
Speed,Performance,Bandwidth

SubmittedbySarathPillai(http://plus.google.com/110882921997234815487?rel=author)onMon,02/04/201319:59

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Testingnetworkperformanceintermsofspeedandbandwidthisanorminbothproductionandnon
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Adetailedreportofspeedandbandwidth
analysisisverymuchnecessaryforthe
deploymentofnetworkdependent
applicationservers.Alsosometimesyou
needtodoublecheckthespeedofyour
networkthroughputwhiletroubleshooting.
Alltheserequiresareliablenetwork
performancetestingtool.Thispostwillbe
concentratingononesuchtoolcalledas
"iperf".
IPERFisanopensourcetoolthatcanbe
usedtotestnetworkperformance.Iperfis
muchmorereliableinitstestresults
comparedtomanyotheronlinenetwork
speedtestproviders.
AnaddedadvantageofusingIPERFfor
testingnetworkperformanceisthefactthat,itisveryreliableifyouhavetwoservers,bothin
geographicallydifferentlocations,andyouwanttomeasurenetworkperformancebetweenthem.

Howtoinstalliperf?
Installingiperfisverymucheasy,ifyouhaveepelyumrepositoryenabled(inredhatsystem's).
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[root@slashroot1~]#yuminstalliperf

================================================================================
PackageArchVersionRepositorySize
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Installing:
iperfi3862.0.51.el5epel52k

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Installingiperffromsourceisalsoverymucheasy.JustdownloadtheiperfsourcepackagefromIperf
SourcePackage(http://sourceforge.net/projects/iperf/)
Anddoanormalsourceinstallationstepsasfollows.
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#tarxvfiperf2.0.5.tar.gz

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TheabovecommandwillextractthetarpackageYoudownloadedfromtheabovelink.
Nowgetinsidetheextracteddirectoryandrunthebelowcommandtoconfigure,withthedefaultoptions.
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[root@slashroot2~]#cdiperf2.0.5
[root@slashroot2iperf2.0.5]#./configure

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Nowletscompileitwith"make"command,andtheninstallitusing"makeinstall"command.
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[root@slashroot2iperf2.0.5]#make
[root@slashroot2iperf2.0.5]#makeinstall

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Howtoinstalliperfinwindowsmachine?
Installingiperfinwindowsisalsoquiteeasy.Letsseehow.
YoucandownloadiperfforwindowsfromIperfForwindows(http://iperf.fr/download/iperf_2.0.5/iperf
2.0.52win32.zip).Nowunzipthiszipfiletoafoldernamed"iperf"andruntheiperf.exeinsidethat

directory.
Forexampleihaveextracted,theiperfzipinC:\iperfdirectory,sowillopentheWindowsCMD,and
navigatetothatdirectory,toruntheiperf.execommand.
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C:\>cdC:\iperf
C:\iperf>iperf.exe

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Howtotestthenetworkspeedbetweenonewindowsmachineandalinux
machine?
Asitoldbefore,iperfcanbeusedtoperformspeedtestbetweenremotemachine's.Itworksinaclient
servermodel.
Theoperatingsystemdoesnotmatter,whileyouareusingiperf.Thecommandsforusing
iperfonwindowsisexactlythesameasinlinux.Andalsootheroperatingsystem.Normally
inthetestenvironment,iperfclientsendsdatatotheserverforthetest.
Beforegoingaheadwiththetest,letsunderstandsomenetworkingconceptsrelatedto
speedtest.
NetworkThroughput
Transferrateofdatafromoneplacetoanotherwithrespecttotimeiscalledasthroughput.Throughputis
consideredaqualitymeasuringmetricforharddisks,networketc.ItsmeasuredinKbps(Kilobitsper
second),Mbps(Megabitspersecond),Gbps(Gigabitspersecond.)
TCPWindow
TCP(TransmissionControlProtocol),isareliabletransportlayerprotocolusedfornetwork
communications.HowTCPworks,isbeyondthescopeofthisarticle.TCPworksonareliablemanner,by
sendingmessagesandwaitingforacknowledgementfromthereceiver.
Whenevertwomachine'sarecommunicatingwitheachother,theneachofthemwillinformtheother,
abouttheamountofbytesitisreadytoreceiveatonetime.
Inotherwords,themaximumamountofdatathatasendercansendtheotherend,withoutan
acknowledgementiscalledasWindowSize.ThisTCPwindowsizeaffectsnetworkthroughputverybadly
sometimes.Letstakeanexample.
Supposeyouwanttosenda500MBofdatafromonemachinetotheother,withthetcpwindowsizeof
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64KB.
Whichmeansforsendingthewhole500MBdata,thesendingmachinehastowait800timesforan
acknowledgementfromthereceiver.
500MB/64KB=800
Soyoucanclearlyseethat,ifyouincreasetheWindowsizealittlebittotuneTCP,itcanbringsignificant
differencetothethroughputachieved.
SupposeyouhaveawindowsmachineandwanttomeasurethespeedbetweenitandanotherLinux
machine,thenyouneedtomakeoneasclient,andanotherastheserver.Letsseehow.
WewillmakeourwindowsmachinetheserverandtheLinuxmachineastheclient.
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C:\iperf>iperf.exes

ServerlisteningonTCPport5001
TCPwindowsize:64.0KByte(default)

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Sargumentisusedforspecifyingserver
Theabovecommand,startsiperfserveronthewindowsmachine,anditbydefaultrunsontheport5001
bydefault.(ItalsoreportsthatthedefaultTCPwindowsizeis64.0KB).
LetstestthethroughputfromtheLinuxclientmachine,asshownbelow.
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[root@slashroot2~]#iperfc192.168.0.101

Clientconnectingto192.168.0.101,TCPport5001
TCPwindowsize:16.0KByte(default)

[3]local192.168.0.102port47326connectedwith192.168.0.101port5001
[ID]IntervalTransferBandwidth
[3]0.010.0sec308MBytes258Mbits/sec

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Fromtheaboveoutput,youcanseethatigotaspeedof258Mbits/sec.Theouputshowssomething
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Interval:Intervalspecifiesthetimedurationforwhichthedataistransferred.
Transfer:Alldatatransferredusingiperfisthroughmemory,andisflushedoutaftercompletingthetest.
Sothereisnoneedtoclearthetransferredfileafterthetest.Thiscolumnshowsthetransferreddata
size.
Bandwidth:Thisshowstherateofspeedwithwhichthedataistransferred.

Youcanstartyouriperfserveronyourdesiredportwiththefollowingmethod.
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C:\iperf>iperf.exesp2000

ServerlisteningonTCPport2000
TCPwindowsize:64.0KByte(default)

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Alsoyoucantelltheclienttoconnecttoyourdesiredserverportandalsotweaksomemoreconnection
andreportingparameter'sasshownbelow.
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root@slashroot2~]#iperfc192.168.0.101t20p2000w40k

Clientconnectingto192.168.0.101,TCPport2000
TCPwindowsize:80.0KByte(WARNING:requested40.0KByte)

[3]local192.168.0.1[02port60961connectedwith192.168.0.101port2000
[ID]IntervalTransferBandwidth
[3]0.020.0sec1.74GBytes747Mbits/sec

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toptionusedintheabovecommandtellstotransferdatafor20seconds.
pwilltelltheclienttoconnecttheport2000ontheserver
wwillspecifyyourdesiredwindowsizevalue.Asitoldbefore,windowsizetuningwillimproveTCP
transferratetoacertainextent.
Andyoucanclearlyseefromtheaboveoutputthatthebandwidthforthewholetransferhasincreased,
aswehaveincreasedthewindowsize(Iamusingtwovirtualmachine'sinonephysicalboxforthisiperf
demonstration,whichisthereasonamgettingexceptionaltransferrate's).
Youcanalsotelltheiperfclienttoshowthetransferrateatanintervalof1second,forthewhole10
secondtransfer,asshownbelowwithioption.
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[root@slashroot2~]#iperfc192.168.0.100P1i1

Clientconnectingto192.168.0.100,TCPport5001
TCPwindowsize:16.0KByte(default)

[3]local192.168.0.102port49597connectedwith192.168.0.100port5001
[ID]IntervalTransferBandwidth
[3]0.01.0sec28.6MBytes240Mbits/sec
[3]1.02.0sec25.9MBytes217Mbits/sec
[3]2.03.0sec26.5MBytes222Mbits/sec
[3]3.04.0sec26.6MBytes223Mbits/sec
[3]4.05.0sec26.0MBytes218Mbits/sec
[3]5.06.0sec26.2MBytes220Mbits/sec
[3]6.07.0sec26.8MBytes224Mbits/sec
[3]7.08.0sec26.0MBytes218Mbits/sec
[3]8.09.0sec25.8MBytes216Mbits/sec
[3]9.010.0sec26.4MBytes221Mbits/sec
[3]0.010.0sec265MBytes222Mbits/sec

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UntilnowwehaveonlyseenthethroughputofoneTCPconnection.Becausewhenyouruniperf,by
defaultifonlycreatesoneTCPconnectionwiththeremoteserver.

YouMighthavenoticedthatsomeinternetDownloadmanager'saresofastwhilethey
downloadanycontentfromtheinternet,comparedtothenormaloperatingsystem
downloader.Themainreasonbehinditisthefactthattheyworkon"ParallelTCP
connections."Onesuchdownloadmanager,thatirememberis"InternetDownload
Manager"(http://www.internetdownloadmanager.com).
Let'scheckthethroughputreportbyincreasingthenumberofparallelconnectionsusing"iperf".
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[root@slashroot2~]#iperfc192.168.0.100P20

Clientconnectingto192.168.0.100,TCPport5001
TCPwindowsize:16.0KByte(default)

[15]local192.168.0.102port57258connectedwith192.168.0.100port5001
[3]local192.168.0.102port57246connectedwith192.168.0.100port5001
[4]local192.168.0.102port57247connectedwith192.168.0.100port5001
[5]local192.168.0.102port57248connectedwith192.168.0.100port5001
[7]local192.168.0.102port57250connectedwith192.168.0.100port5001
[6]local192.168.0.102port57249connectedwith192.168.0.100port5001
[10]local192.168.0.102port57253connectedwith192.168.0.100port5001
[8]local192.168.0.102port57251connectedwith192.168.0.100port5001
[9]local192.168.0.102port57252connectedwith192.168.0.100port5001
[16]local192.168.0.102port57259connectedwith192.168.0.100port5001
[19]local192.168.0.102port57261connectedwith192.168.0.100port5001
[18]local192.168.0.102port57260connectedwith192.168.0.100port5001
[20]local192.168.0.102port57262connectedwith192.168.0.100port5001
[17]local192.168.0.102port57263connectedwith192.168.0.100port5001
[21]local192.168.0.102port57264connectedwith192.168.0.100port5001
[11]local192.168.0.102port57254connectedwith192.168.0.100port5001
[12]local192.168.0.102port57255connectedwith192.168.0.100port5001
[13]local192.168.0.102port57256connectedwith192.168.0.100port5001
[14]local192.168.0.102port57257connectedwith192.168.0.100port5001
[22]local192.168.0.102port57265connectedwith192.168.0.100port5001
[ID]IntervalTransferBandwidth
[8]0.010.6sec16.6MBytes13.1Mbits/sec
[16]0.010.6sec16.6MBytes13.1Mbits/sec
[18]0.010.6sec16.5MBytes13.1Mbits/sec
[17]0.010.7sec16.6MBytes13.0Mbits/sec

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[21]0.010.7sec15.6MBytes12.3Mbits/sec
[12]0.010.7sec17.5MBytes13.7Mbits/sec
[22]0.010.7sec16.6MBytes13.0Mbits/sec
[15]0.010.8sec17.8MBytes13.8Mbits/sec
[3]0.010.7sec18.5MBytes14.5Mbits/sec
[4]0.010.8sec18.1MBytes14.1Mbits/sec
[5]0.010.7sec17.6MBytes13.9Mbits/sec
[7]0.010.8sec18.4MBytes14.3Mbits/sec
[6]0.010.8sec17.0MBytes13.2Mbits/sec
[10]0.010.8sec16.8MBytes13.1Mbits/sec
[9]0.010.8sec16.8MBytes13.0Mbits/sec
[19]0.010.6sec16.5MBytes13.0Mbits/sec
[20]0.010.7sec16.5MBytes12.9Mbits/sec
[11]0.010.7sec18.0MBytes14.0Mbits/sec
[13]0.010.7sec17.8MBytes13.9Mbits/sec
[14]0.010.8sec18.2MBytes14.1Mbits/sec
[SUM]0.010.8sec344MBytes266Mbits/sec

Intheaboveshownexampleihavetoldiperfclienttocreate20parallelTCPconnectionstotheremote
hostwhilethedatatransfer.Andifobservetheoutput,youcanseeclearlythat20differentportsonthe
clientisconnectedtothedefault5001portontheserver.
Andalloftheconnectionshaddifferenttransferrate,andattheendwegotacombinedthroughputof
266Mbits/s.(WhichismuchbetterthatasingleTCPconnection.)

ConductingaUDPspeedtestiniperf
ConductingaUDPspeedtestusingiperfwillprovideyouwithacoupleofmoreinformationaboutyour
networkwhichwillbeverymuchusefulinfindingnetworkbottlenecks.
Aswediscussedbefore,notonlyTCPwindowsizebutnetworkparameter'slikethefollowingalsoaffects
thethroughputachievedduringaconnectionn.
Outoforderdelivery
NetworkJitter
Packetlossoutoftotalnumberofpackets
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Forconductionaniperfudptest,youneedtostarttheserverwiththeuoptionsothattheUDPport5001
isopenedontheserverside.
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C:\iperf>iperf.exesu

ServerlisteningonUDPport5001
Receiving1470bytedatagrams
UDPbuffersize:64.0KByte(default)

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NowletsstartthedatatransferfromtheclientsidebysendingUDPtraffic.
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[root@slashroot2~]#iperfc192.168.0.100ub100m

Clientconnectingto192.168.0.100,UDPport5001
Sending1470bytedatagrams
UDPbuffersize:107KByte(default)

[3]local192.168.0.102port50836connectedwith192.168.0.100port5001
[ID]IntervalTransferBandwidth
[3]0.010.0sec97.4MBytes81.7Mbits/sec
[3]Sent69508datagrams
[3]ServerReport:
[3]0.010.0sec97.4MBytes81.8Mbits/sec0.167ms49/69507(0.07%)
[3]0.010.0sec1datagramsreceivedoutoforder
[root@slashroot2~]#

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Intheaboveexample,ihaveusedboptiontospecifythebandwidthtouse(becausebydefaultiperf
UDPonlyused1Mbps,iwillrecommendusingyourfullavailablebandwidthtogetanidea)
uoptionsneedstobealsousedontheclientsideforspecifyingUDPtraffic.
Theouputtellsusthefollowinginformation.
Bandwidth=81.7Mbits/sec
Networkjitter=0.167ms(networkjitteristhedeviationintimeforperiodicarrivalofdatagram's.Ifyou
aredoingthetestwithserver'sontheothersideoftheglobe,thenyoumightseehigherjittervaluesin
iperfoutput.)
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OutofOrder=1datagram
Lost/Total=49/69508
0.07percentdatagramlossisnotatallsignificant,infactyoucansaythatyougotanicenetworkpacket
lossratio.
VOIPrequire'saverylessdatagramlossbecauseitsvoicecommunication.Ahighdatagramlosscan
dropthecallaltogether.SoUDPtestingwithiperfwillbeverymuchhelpfulifyouhaveVOIPorother
suchcriticalapplicationsonyourinfrastructure.
Youcangetalltheoption'srelatedtoiperfwiththefollowingcommand.
[root@slashroot2~]#iperfhelp
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BrianCuscino
Alok,youspecificUDPtestwithauonyourtargetcomputer,addthesame"u"
optionintotheonesendingcommandandallwillworkwithoutissue.
iperfc10.203.3.242uAndthereisnoneedtospecifyportasbothdefaultto
5001
ReplyLikeJune17,2014at4:30pm
AlokKumarGurgaon,Haryana
[root@localhost~]#iperfsu

ServerlisteningonUDPport5001
Receiving1470bytedatagrams
UDPbuffersize:224KByte(default)

[root@localhost~]#iperfc10.203.3.242p5001
connectfailed:Noroutetohost
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butiamabletoping10.203.3.242fromtheclientside.Whatcouldbethe
possiblereasonofthisissue??
ReplyLikeJanuary13,2014at5:15am
ShashankShekharNPDatAricentGroup
kyahar***machakerakheho..sale..padhpadhkeroadpelikhne
lagoge,,,,
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Alokwhotoldutodothis...................Disuask..........udidthison
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ShashankShekharhahaha....
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MitchellThompsonGlenmorePark,NewSouthWales,Australia
Easiestwaytodothiswithspeedtest.netservercanbefoundhere
http://vpstip.com/howtospeedtestvpsinlinux/
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Quebuenaherramienta.
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Thanks(/comment/483#comment483)
Permalink(/comment/483#comment483)SubmittedbyJeffSweetonWed,11/20/201308:23
Iappreciatethewalkthrough.Gavemesomegoodteststoseeifour1Gbpslinkisperformingas
expected.
[3]local10.139.29.10port33796connectedwith10.98.242.185port5001
[ID]IntervalTransferBandwidth
[3]0.010.0sec1.11GBytes957Mbits/sec
[3]Sent813920datagrams
[3]ServerReport:
[ID]IntervalTransferBandwidthJitterLost/TotalDatagrams
[3]0.010.0sec1.11GBytes957Mbits/sec0.016ms0/813920(0%)
Thiswasmyresults.Prettyhappywiththat.
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HiJeff,(/comment/484#comment484)
Permalink(/comment/484#comment484)SubmittedbySarathPillaionWed,11/20/201310:36
HiJeff,
Nicetoknowthatthetutorialwashelpfulinputtingyourlinktotest..
Andyeah..Welcometoslashroot..
Regards
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GoodOne(/comment/498#comment498)
Permalink(/comment/498#comment498)SubmittedbysridharonTue,12/10/201315:41
Simple,nicelyexplained
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PacketLossinWindows(/comment/565#comment565)
Permalink(/comment/565#comment565)SubmittedbyRomeronWed,02/12/201417:16
Hi,frommytestingonregularwindowsmachines,theUDPperformancewhenusingtwocomputers
withwindows,versus1windows>1linuxandobviouslylinuxlinuxvariesgreatly,notonlydoes
windowsseemtobemuchweakerintermsofachievingstableperformanceandhigherspeeds,
above100Mbits,alsothepacketlossphenomenaseemstobemuchhigherwhenawindows
machineisinvolved,andalsothereisabigdifferencebetweenusingthatwindowsmachineasa
server(weaker)orasiclient.
WhenusingLinuxthereisnopacketloss.Notethatforthespecifictestingi'mindicating,thesetup
isjusttwoPCsbacktobackwitha2meterethernetcable.
Isthatconsistentwithyourfindings?
thanks
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HiRomer,(/comment/566#comment566)
Permalink(/comment/566#comment566)SubmittedbySarathPillaionWed,02/12/201419:34
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HiRomer,
Ifyouareexperiencingveryhighpacketlossinwindowsmachine,itsprobablyaNICdriver
issue(providedyouhaverecentlyupgradedyourwindowsorappliedsomehotfix..tryinstalling
theoriginalvendordriver.).AnywaysupgradetheNICdrivertothelateststableversionfromthe
officialnicvendorsite.
Secondlyforachievinghigherspeeds,trytweakingsometcpsettingsonyourwindows
machine.Likeflowcontrol,RDC,LSOetc.
Regards
Sarath
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Howtotesttcpcommunicationwithsomepreddefinedpayload
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Permalink(/comment/744#comment744)SubmittedbyPrakashonTue,06/17/201415:15
Hi,
Hereismycase
Virtualizationhost:Xenserver,
2Windows2008R2VM's
Oneissambaclientandanotherisserver
netviewcommandreturnsafter17secondsdelay
Tcpdumpsuggestsme,thereisretransmissionhappeningoncepayloadincreasesto1464.
Whileretransmission,itbreaksthepayload,andthisworks.
Whatiwanttoknow:
1)Isthereanyway,icantestthisbehaviourwithiperf.Imeantrytosendthepacketswithmore
payload
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2)DOanyoneknowinthissituationwhatallthingscanbetriedtonaildowntheissue?
Thanksforanysaneinsaneadvice.
Prakash
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Howtotesttcpcommunicationwithsomepreddefinedpayload
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Permalink(/comment/784#comment784)SubmittedbyDBAonSat,07/12/201403:35
Didyougetanyanswerstoyourquery?
Pleasesharehere.
Thanks&Regards,
Teji
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UDPtestissue(/comment/924#comment924)
Permalink(/comment/924#comment924)SubmittedbyRogeronTue,10/07/201420:55
hi,
wheniusethiscommandiperfc192.168.0.100ub100mtotestUDPperformance,idon'tgetthe
trueresult.Andihavethismessagealltime"WARNING:didnotreceiveackoflastdatagramafter
10tries"
Ineedyoutohelpmetosolvethisissue
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ThanksandbestRegards
Roger
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UDPtestissue(/comment/982#comment982)
Permalink(/comment/982#comment982)SubmittedbyStevenonSat,12/06/201402:32
IseethatwheninthepastIlefttheserverinTCP.Makesuretheserverissetupwithiperfsu
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