STEP BY STEP GUIDE INSTALLATION OF IPERF BENCHMARKING TOOL

Step 1. Download the iperf tool from the following site

#wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/iperf/files/iperf-2.0.5.tar.gz/download

Download iperf-2.0.5.tar.gz

Step 2. Extract & Unzip iperf-2.0.5.tar.gz

#tar -xzvf iperf-2.0.5.tar.gz

# cd iperf-2.0.5

# ./configure      — configure for your machine

# make                  — compile Iperf

#make install     — install Iperf, if desired

Step 3. Please follow the above 2 steps on Client & Server

Step 4. Run the benchmark using the following command

Run the following command on Server side:

# iperf -s -u -i 10

Run the following command on Client side:

# iperf -c 10.1.1.1 -u -b 10m –t 60

where 10.1.1.1 is the server IP.

IMP Link for iperf :

http://openmaniak.com/iperf.php

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