IPERF

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
GENERAL OPTIONS
SERVER SPECIFIC OPTIONS
CLIENT SPECIFIC OPTIONS
ENVIRONMENT
DIAGNOSTICS
BUGS
AUTHORS
SEE ALSO

NAME

iperf − perform network throughput tests

SYNOPSIS

iperf -s [ options ]

iperf -c server [ options ]

iperf -u -s [ options ]

iperf -u -c server [ options ]

DESCRIPTION

iperf is a tool for performing network throughput measurements. It can test either TCP or UDP throughput. To perform an iperf test the user must establish both a server (to discard traffic) and a client (to generate traffic).

GENERAL OPTIONS

-e, --enhanced

Display enhanced output in reports

-f, --format

[kmKM] format to report: Kbits, Mbits, KBytes, MBytes

-h, --help

print a help synopsis

-i, --interval n

pause n seconds between periodic bandwidth reports

-l, --len n[KM]

set length read/write buffer to n (default 8 KB)

-m, --print_mss

print TCP maximum segment size (MTU - TCP/IP header)

-o, --output filename

output the report or error message to this specified file

-p, --port n

set server port to listen on/connect to to n (default 5001)

-u, --udp

use UDP rather than TCP

-w, --window n[KM]

TCP window size (socket buffer size)

-z, --realtime

Request realtime scheduler, if supported.

-B, --bind host

bind to host, an interface or multicast address

-C, --compatibility

for use with older versions does not sent extra msgs

-M, --mss n

set TCP maximum segment size (MTU - 40 bytes)

-N, --nodelay

set TCP no delay, disabling Nagle’s Algorithm

-v, --version

print version information and quit

-V, --IPv6Version

Set the domain to IPv6

-x, --reportexclude [CDMSV]

exclude C(connection) D(data) M(multicast) S(settings) V(server) reports

-y, --reportstyle C|c

if set to C or c report results as CSV (comma separated values)

SERVER SPECIFIC OPTIONS

-s, --server

run in server mode

-U, --single_udp

run in single threaded UDP mode

-D, --daemon

run the server as a daemon. On Windows this will also install the IPerfService.

-R, --remove

remove the IPerfService (Windows only).

CLIENT SPECIFIC OPTIONS

-b, --bandwidth n[KMG] | npps

set target bandwidth to n bits/sec (default 1 Mbit/sec) or n packets per sec. This may be used with TCP or UDP.

-c, --client host

run in client mode, connecting to host

-d, --dualtest

Do a bidirectional test simultaneously

-n, --num n[KM]

number of bytes to transmit (instead of -t)

-r, --tradeoff

Do a bidirectional test individually

-t, --time n

time in seconds to transmit for (default 10 secs)

-B, --bind ip | ip:port

bind src addr(s) from which to originate traffic

-F, --fileinput name

input the data to be transmitted from a file

-I, --stdin

input the data to be transmitted from stdin

-L, --listenport n

port to recieve bidirectional tests back on

-P, --parallel n

number of parallel client threads to run

-T, --ttl n

time-to-live, for multicast (default 1)

-Z, --linux-congestion algo

set TCP congestion control algorithm (Linux only)

ENVIRONMENT

TCP_WINDOW_SIZE

Controls the size of TCP buffers.

DIAGNOSTICS

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BUGS

Exit statuses are inconsistent. The threading implementation is rather heinous.

AUTHORS

Iperf was originally written by Mark Gates and Alex Warshavsky. Man page and maintence by Jon Dugan <jdugan at x1024 dot net>. Other contributions from Ajay Tirumala, Jim Ferguson, Feng Qin, Kevin Gibbs, John Estabrook <jestabro at ncsa.uiuc.edu>, Andrew Gallatin <gallatin at gmail.com>, Stephen Hemminger <shemminger at linux-foundation.org>

SEE ALSO

http://iperf.sourceforge.net/


 

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