Windows UDP packet generator software?

Mark Foster blakjak at blakjak.net
Thu Dec 22 20:16:28 UTC 2011


I can imagine plenty of circumstances where someone might want
by-protocol indications of service, rather than the relatively basic
link-test that ICMP provides.

Another vote for iperf....

Mark.



On 23/12/11 08:36, Sean Harlow wrote:
> iperf might be able to do what you need and there are Windows builds available, but I'm not sure if it has a mode where it's not flooding the network trying to test maximum speed.  Is there a reason that standard ICMP pings aren't appropriate if you just want packet loss info?  Obviously every platform worth using has ping built in.
> ----------
> Sean Harlow
> sean at seanharlow.info
>
> On Dec 22, 2011, at 2:28 PM, Jay Nakamura wrote:
>
>> The goal of what I am doing is to test some network convergence impact
>> in a lab with two PCs with windows (Can't run Linux, it would be
>> easier if I could) and switches and/or routers in between.
>>
>> So, I thought there must be some simple utility out there that can
>> just start spewing out UDP packets to the other side at a certain time
>> interval and I can look at packet loss via what arrives on the other
>> side with wireshark on the PC.
>>
>> I found hping but it seems to be outdated and I can't get it to work
>> on my windows boxes.
>>
>> Anyone have any suggestions?
>>
>





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