[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I recently tried to use netperf, but it seemed more to test > my CPU than > the network and thus reporting low througput. benchmarks/netstrain is > much less demanding on the CPU. Of course, one may use ftp to download > large files since the OpenBSD one reports speed as well. > > /Sigfred > > Sebastian Schmitzdorff wrote: >> Hi, >> >> if I understand you correctly your testing consists of up and >> downloads on your openbsd router. This is not the proper way to test >> network performance on a router. I recommend using tools that dont >> involve any i/o operations such as netperf etc.
I found iperf to be simple to use, and highlighted the significance of tcp window size selection. Even on a LAN I found a higher (double the default) values for net.inet.tcp.recvspace and net.inet.tcp.sendspace improved (TCP) throughput significantly. -Steve S.
