From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 27 13:42:36 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BF9716A403 for ; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:42:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from e.schuele@computer.org) Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net (rwcrmhc12.comcast.net [216.148.227.152]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8F6C43D46 for ; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:42:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from e.schuele@computer.org) Received: from [208.206.151.59] (host59.gtisd.com[208.206.151.59]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc12) with ESMTP id <20060427134234m1200c338me>; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:42:34 +0000 Message-ID: <4450CA49.6010803@computer.org> Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 08:42:33 -0500 From: Eric Schuele User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (X11/20060426) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Tancsa References: <20060426031606.33136.qmail@web33302.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <226052h816dffav97ilr1o017nm40je775@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <226052h816dffav97ilr1o017nm40je775@4ax.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Rob , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to verify speed of a 1Gb/s network? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:42:36 -0000 Mike Tancsa wrote: > On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 20:16:06 -0700 (PDT), in > sentex.lists.freebsd.questions you wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> How can I verify that a 1Gb/s network is indeed >> operating at its optimal speed? I tried this: > > There are some useful tools in /usr/src/tools/tools/netrate/ to > generate a lot of traffic. Also, /usr/ports/benchmarks/iperf I'll second the iperf vote. That's definitely the way to go. > > ---Mike > > -------------------------------------------------------- > Mike Tancsa, Sentex communications http://www.sentex.net > Providing Internet Access since 1994 > mike@sentex.net, (http://www.tancsa.com) > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Regards, Eric