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Old 11-05-2004
Michael Heiming
 
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Default Re: measuring network performance

In comp.os.linux.networking Edu <eduardgv@gmail.com>:
>> > When I try to measure the performance of a network (e.g. max
>> > throughput, delay, jitter, loss ratio, etc.). I use ttcp to generate
>> > (UDP or TCP) traffic, tcpdump to capture and tcptrace to analyze the
>> > captures. Finally, xplot is needed to print graphs generated by
>> > tcptrace.
>> >
>> > What I need is a better framework, a single tool which provide all the
>> > functionality.

[..]

> I've also used mgen or iperf, but yet are necessary supplementary
> tools for an exhaustive analysis.


Tried netperf?

http://www.netperf.org/

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