If memory serves me right, Bob (Robert) McMahon wrote: > I am not sure iperf is the thing to use here.
[snip] That thought had occurred to me also. Maybe the OP could describe in a little more detail what he wants to accomplish? Bruce. > You probably should measure the actual traffic in realtime vs generate a > bunch of test traffic at a different time and guess that will be the > performance at the time of the real traffic. > > Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: m...@grounded.net [mailto:m...@grounded.net] > Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 5:53 AM > To: iperf-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Iperf-users] Understanding Iperf > > I have logging devices which need to use iperf to test to their home base > server. > > I need a good layman understanding of Iperf testing. I don't want a highly > technical breakdown of Iperf, but something which is easily understood by > practically anyone. > > I ask this because searching the net, there seems to be lots of confusion > about different results from client and server side. There are also mentions > of being able to do a two way test but I have yet to find a way of doing > that. Would a two way test give me the results of both the client and the > server? Would that give me a better understanding of uploads and downloads > speeds? > > The server side is > iperf-2.0.5-11 > > The client side for testing is openwrt running iperf version 2.0.5 (08 Jul > 2010) single threaded > > I'm at a loss... help! > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from > Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with > Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get > technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Iperf-users mailing list > Iperf-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/iperf-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server > from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards > with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more > Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Iperf-users mailing list > Iperf-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/iperf-users >
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