Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 12:24:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Harkirat Singh <singh@pdx.edu> To: Josh Paetzel <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> Cc: <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: UDP - Reliable throughput mesaurement Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.31.0105261220170.18859-100000@freke.odin.pdx.edu> In-Reply-To: <01052614133701.54532@mark9.vladsempire.net>
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I specifically want to see the performance of UDP in lossy channel, I am sure there must be some tool to measure it, I doing a kind of study and want to analyse TCP vs. UDP! -Harkirat On Sat, 26 May 2001, Josh Paetzel wrote: > On Saturday 26 May 2001 13:51, Harkirat Singh wrote: > > Hello! > > > > I want to measure UDP thruput of lossy channel, is there any tool > > which tests it? I looked at some of the tools but these do not take care > > of loss, I mean no retransmisson, just measure raw thruput of UDP (TTCP > > is one of these). > > > > I am looking for a measurement tool which should retransmit in case of > > loss and keep a track of packets, I mean make UDP reliable amd blocking > > calls. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Harkirat > > > > > > > Uhhmmm, seeing as UDP is specifically designed as being "lossy" I don't think > there is going to be anything that can help you out there. There is a really > good protocol that you can use if you need "reliable" delivery of packets > over IP. If I remember right, it is called TCP. > > Josh > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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