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.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Phil Mayers Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 8:14 AM To: [email protected] 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. _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
