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[markgray@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Mark Gray)]

Jack Malone <jack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> whatare netperf or netpipe  an can they be downloaded. thanks would like to 
> benchmark my network also.

I got netpipe from:

  ftp://ftp.scl.ameslab.gov/pub/netpipe/netpipe-2.4.tar.gz

When I went looking for a network benchmark program I was actually
looking for netperf, but ran across netpipe first and decided it was
what I wanted after all, so I stopped looking for netperf.  netpipe
tests the network by sending different sized blocks between two
computers.

According to the man page:

 NetPIPE answers such questions as:

              How soon will a given data block of size k arrive at its
              destination?

              Which network and protocol will transmit size k blocks
              the fastest?

              What is a given network's effective maximum throughput
              and saturation level?

              Does there exist a block size k for which the throughput
              is maximized?

              How much communication overhead is due to the network
              communication protocol layer(s)?

              How quickly will a small (< 1 kbyte) control message
              arrive, and which network and protocol are best for this
              purpose?
[snip]

Hope this helps.


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