Testing Bandwidth performance

measl at mfn.org measl at mfn.org
Wed Jun 26 09:02:02 UTC 2002



On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, Alan Sato wrote:

> What are some tools to test bandwidth perfomance?  I've used iperf, but
> are there other tools or ways to generate traffic for testing purposes to
> see a links maximum capacity?  Especially greater than a 100mb.

Realistically, you will need commercial hardware/software to do this
properly.  Smartbits, Shomiti, are two examples (Shomiti is less than user
friendly, but the thing can do almost anything)

> Alan

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Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of
unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in
the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and 
elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire
populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate...
This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States
as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

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