Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 18:05:16 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: packet generator Message-ID: <41424F4C.5020506@elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <16706.13257.676586.513738@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> References: <16706.13257.676586.513738@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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yes ther e is a netgraph source ng_source from memory.. Andrew Gallatin wrote: >Does anybody have a free, in-kernel tool to generate packets quicky >and send them out a particular etherent interface on FreeBSD? >Something similar to pktgen on linux? > >I'm trying to excersize just the send-side of programmable firmware >based NIC. The recieve side of the NIC firmware is not yet written, >but I want to get started tuning and shaking the bugs out of the send >side while the firmware author does the recieve path. The packets >just get dropped on the floor by the NIC, so its a good way to test >the interface.. > >I can add an arp entry and ping -l HUGEVAL, but that only generates 205K >pkts/sec (where *think* I see 1.1 million pkts/sec with pktgen on >linux, but I'm not sure I trust it). > >Thanks, > >Drew >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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