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Date:      Wed, 19 May 2004 11:03:25 -0400
From:      Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        buck@buckjones.net
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: network traffic
Message-ID:  <40AB773D.2020407@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <048e01c43d10$1b4711b0$0300a8c0@bucktester>
References:  <048e01c43d10$1b4711b0$0300a8c0@bucktester>

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Buck Jones wrote:
> I would like two programs that sit on two computer and just talk to each
> other and tell what the speed they are talking and if there is a packet
> loss

"ping -f" is a pretty good way of stress-testing a LAN.

You can also use "time ping -s 1000 -c 1000 -i 0.0001 host" or so to send 
approx 1 MB via 1K packets, and divide.  Using ftp or fetch or something that 
provides a speed rate is a little easier, if something running those services 
is handy...

-- 
-Chuck



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