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Date:      Thu, 6 May 1999 09:40:30 -0600 (CST)
From:      Theodore Hope <freebsd@iguana.internexo.co.cr>
To:        randyk@ccsales.com (Randy A. Katz)
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How do I benchmark a Switch?
Message-ID:  <199905061540.JAA20816@iguana.internexo.co.cr>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19990506083515.037ff470@ccsales.com> from "Randy A. Katz" at May 6, 99 08:35:15 am

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> I have 4 kinds of network switches: D-Link, Cisco, Foundry & CeLAN.
> 
> I would like to setup a benchmark with FreeBSD to test their speeds and
> robustness. Does anyone know how I would go about that?

I don't know about the testing itself, but to read traffic info from them
(assuming they all have SNMP), you should look at MRTG:

  http://ee-staff.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/mrtg.html

Some switches also have telnet-based interfaces that show traffic stats, etc.

-T


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