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Iperf

Installation On Ubuntu 64bit

  • sudo apt remove iperf3 libiperf0

  • sudo apt install libsctp1

  • wget https://iperf.fr/download/ubuntu/libiperf0_3.9-1_amd64.deb

  • wget https://iperf.fr/download/ubuntu/iperf3_3.9-1_amd64.deb

  • sudo dpkg -i libiperf0_3.9-1_amd64.deb iperf3_3.9-1_amd64.deb

  • rm libiperf0_3.9-1_amd64.deb iperf3_3.9-1_amd64.deb

Server

  • Iperf -s [-p ]: running as server

  • Iperf -s -u: running as server in udp mode

Client

  • Iperf -c [-p ]

  • Iperf -c -u

  • Iperf -c -d: client run in client mode first then in server mode to test reverse direction

Example

  • Server: iperf -s

  • Client: iperf -c -P 6 -t 600 -d: run 6 parallel test for 10 mins bidirectionally

Options:

-f: change format of bandwidth such as -f k for Kbits, options are m (Mbits), k (Kbits), K (Kbytes) and M (Mbytes) -i: interval between bandwidth test, -i 60 to report bandwidth every 60s -p: Change port, default is 5001, used both on client and server -B: Bind iPerft to specific interface or address -t: specify run time -P: process to run simultaneously -d: bidirectionally

Running on Docker

Server:

  • docker run -it --rm --name=iperf3-server -p 5201:5201 networkstatic/iperf3 -s

Client:

  • docker run -it --rm networkstatic/iperf3 -c

Reference:

https://iperf.fr/iperf-download.php https://hub.docker.com/r/networkstatic/iperf3/

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