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= iperf = | = iperf = | ||
This measures the bandwidth between two locations where one is set as a server and another as a client. | This measures the bandwidth between two locations where one is set as a server and another as a client. Note there is <code>iperf</code> and <code>iperf3</code> that are not compatible. | ||
Start up server listening on port 8888. By default it is TCP port 5001 and TCP window size 64.0KB | Start up server listening on port 8888. By default it is TCP port 5001 and TCP window size 64.0KB | ||
<source lang=bash> | |||
/opt/systems/bin/iperf -s -p 8888 | |||
</source> | |||
Connect client to server on port 8888 | Connect client to server on port 8888 | ||
<source lang=bash> | |||
/opt/systems/bin/iperf -c your.server.com -l 1300 -p 8888 -P 10 | |||
</source> | |||
<code>-P</code> splits the test into a number of streams. So, to just measure throughput use <code>-P 1</code>, then increase number of streams to get more realistic data. | |||
Switches: | Switches: | ||
<source lang=bash> | |||
# -t option used in the above command tells to transfer data for X seconds | |||
# -P --parallel n parallel client streams, iperf3 is single threaded, so if you are CPU bound, this will not yield higher throughput. | |||
# -p --port server port to listen on/connect to | |||
# -w desired window size value | |||
# -l, --len length of buffer to read or write (default 8 KB) | |||
# -u --udp use UDP rather than TCP | |||
# -M, --mss set TCP maximum segment size (MTU - 40 bytes) | |||
# -f m displays results in megabytes | |||
# -s, --server run in server mode, -D run as a daemon in the background | |||
# -c --client connect to server from client | |||
# -r bidirectional test individually, use -d --dualtest to test simultaneously | |||
</source> | |||
= References = | = References = | ||
*[http://binarynature.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/measure-internet-connection-speed-from-linux-command-line.html Measure Internet Connection Speed from the Linux Command Line] | *[http://binarynature.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/measure-internet-connection-speed-from-linux-command-line.html Measure Internet Connection Speed from the Linux Command Line] | ||
Revision as of 13:02, 3 June 2019
Speedtest.net
sudo apt-get install python-pip pip install speedtest-cli
or:
sudo apt-get install python-setuptools sudo easy_install speedtest-cli
This 2nd solution worked on AWS Ubuntu 13.04 Server and it needed ~3Mb (python-setuptools) to download versus ~80Mb for python-pip
Run the speedtest:
$ speedtest-cli Retrieving speedtest.net configuration... Retrieving speedtest.net server list... Testing from Global Crossing (217.156.150.69)... Selecting best server based on latency... Hosted by Gigaclear PLC (Slough) [8.91 km]: 13.461 ms Testing download speed........................................ Download: 23.93 Mbit/s Testing upload speed.................................................. Upload: 12.27 Mbit/s
Wget
wget --output-document=/dev/null http://speedtest.wdc01.softlayer.com/downloads/test500.zip wget -O /dev/null http://speedtest.sea01.softlayer.com/downloads/test100.zip curl -o /dev/null http://speedtest.sea01.softlayer.com/downloads/test100.zip wget -O /dev/null http://ipv4.download.thinkbroadband.com/1GB.zip wget -O /dev/null http://ipv4.download.thinkbroadband.com:81/1GB.zip wget -O /dev/null http://ipv4.download.thinkbroadband.com:8080/1GB.zip
iperf
This measures the bandwidth between two locations where one is set as a server and another as a client. Note there is iperf and iperf3 that are not compatible.
Start up server listening on port 8888. By default it is TCP port 5001 and TCP window size 64.0KB
/opt/systems/bin/iperf -s -p 8888
Connect client to server on port 8888
/opt/systems/bin/iperf -c your.server.com -l 1300 -p 8888 -P 10
-P splits the test into a number of streams. So, to just measure throughput use -P 1, then increase number of streams to get more realistic data.
Switches:
# -t option used in the above command tells to transfer data for X seconds # -P --parallel n parallel client streams, iperf3 is single threaded, so if you are CPU bound, this will not yield higher throughput. # -p --port server port to listen on/connect to # -w desired window size value # -l, --len length of buffer to read or write (default 8 KB) # -u --udp use UDP rather than TCP # -M, --mss set TCP maximum segment size (MTU - 40 bytes) # -f m displays results in megabytes # -s, --server run in server mode, -D run as a daemon in the background # -c --client connect to server from client # -r bidirectional test individually, use -d --dualtest to test simultaneously