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iPerf or something else?

Andy White
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Hi,

On a previous forum someone recommended using iperf for testing bandwith between 2 systems and after using it between 2 systems it seems really good.  So it made me think are there better tools before I use this tool? 

What I want to do is place iPerf on multiple systems in stategic locations so when we think the network is slow I can then run the tests, I was thinking of scripting something to call upon all the iperf clients and somehow report it back to a web page. 

Has anyone else tried something like this as it woudl be a great snapshot of the network?

Also what default iperf settings do you use as there are loads.

Thanks in advance guys.

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Ganesh Hariharan
VIP Alumni
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Andy White wrote:

Hi,

On a previous forum someone recommended using iperf for testing bandwith between 2 systems and after using it between 2 systems it seems really good.  So it made me think are there better tools before I use this tool? 

What I want to do is place iPerf on multiple systems in stategic locations so when we think the network is slow I can then run the tests, I was thinking of scripting something to call upon all the iperf clients and somehow report it back to a web page. 

Has anyone else tried something like this as it woudl be a great snapshot of the network?

Also what default iperf settings do you use as there are loads.

Thanks in advance guys.


Hi,

check out the belo links for iperf default settings and scriptings

http://openmaniak.com/iperf.php

http://community.spiceworks.com/scripts/show/650-iperf-throughput-test-with-sed

Hope to Help !!

Ganeshh Iyer

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