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Subject: Re: What is best TCP throughput benchmarking tool?
From: Michael Tuexen <michael.tuexen@lurchi.franken.de>
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> On 19. Oct 2018, at 21:27, Lev Serebryakov <lev@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>=20
>=20
> I need to benchmark different endpoint (not router) network =
performance
> with different encapsulations (if_gre, if_gif) and with/without IPsec
> (including if_ipsec).
>=20
> What is suitable traffic generator/receiver for me?
>=20
> I'm trying to use benchmarks/iperf3, but it consumes questionable
> amount of CPU in several cases and maybe benchmark becomes limited by
> user-side CPU consuming, which is bad.
>=20
> I've tried "benchmarks/netperf" =E2=80=94 it hangs with non-default =
window size.
>=20
> I've tried "benchmarks/netperfmeter" =E2=80=94 it doesn't work without =
SCTP in
> kernel.
>=20
> Please note, that I'm testing endpoint, not a router, so netmap-based
> packet generators & receivers is no use for me, unfortunately.
You might want to have a look at benchmarks/uperf. It allows you to
configure (using .xml scripts) the traffic pattern you are interested
in.

Best regards
Michael
>=20
> --=20
> // Lev Serebryakov
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