If memory serves me right, Bob McMahon via Iperf-users wrote: > I cant' speak to iperf 3, but from an iperf 2 perspective this level of > "system testing" really isn't supported. Tools from ixia > <https://www.ixiacom.com/products/test> would be my suggestion. > > In general, it might be best to start with actionable effects, i.e what > changes a test will effect. Then one can work backwards to the > tooling. For example, we mostly test WiFi drivers and can effect hw and > sw in those designs and implementations. In that context, iperf works > very well. If our company effected routers or load balancers, I don't > think iperf is the tool to use.
Thanks Bob, I agree with this. iperf2 and iperf3 don't attempt to model application traffic behavior...they just send packets (TCP segments, UDP datagrams, whatever) at a specified rate or as fast as they can go. Of the original poster's list of "traffic packets", some are applications (video, HTTP/HTTPS, FTP) that have specific patterns of interaction. Others are transport protocols (ICMP, UDP, TCP), which are supported by iperf3 but don't reflect any particular application's usage. I don't have any specific recommendations for application-level testing tools. Bruce. > On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 11:40 PM, Mohanraj B <bmohanra...@gmail.com > <mailto:bmohanra...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Hi, > > I have requirement for below use cases. > > Performance test with different types of traffic packets like video > traffic, ICMP, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, UDP,TCP. > Different packets with different packet sizes like 64, 128, 256 … 9000 > (jumbo packets). > > I would like to know whether above use cases can be achieved using > iperf3. If possible, please provide example configuration. > So far I tested with TCP, UDP streams but quite not sure how to do > other things with iperf3. > > iperf3 official page contain manual page for iperf3 with different > client and server specific options. I would like to know what is the > best mix of options(-b,-w,-t, etc) can be used in server/client > command to measure accurate bandwidth of the network. > > Thanks and Regards, > Mohan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Iperf-users mailing list > Iperf-users@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Iperf-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/iperf-users > <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/iperf-users> > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > > > _______________________________________________ > Iperf-users mailing list > Iperf-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/iperf-users >
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