Date: 22 Jul 2003 06:42:25 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> To: "XR" <xr@sh3lls.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: network performance testing Message-ID: <447k6aj10u.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <3792.192.168.1.4.1058798290.squirrel@probsd.org> References: <3792.192.168.1.4.1058798290.squirrel@probsd.org>
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"XR" <xr@sh3lls.net> writes: > I'm considering purchasing hosting from a provider that says I will have > a dedicated 10 Mbit connection with burst to 20 Mbit on a FreeBSD box I > rebuilt to suit my needs.. The network is Multihomed with three other > providers. However, I'm a skeptic. I went ahead and purchased for 1 month > and now want to see if I am actually getting 10 Mbit uplink to the server. > I'm looking at iperf to do this, but I also know taking ping/traceroute > results from remote host to the server can calculate this, but I dont know > the math. Would anyone using iperf guide me towards an example, or show > me the math using ping/traceroute? Or, suggest running any other test? There's no "math" magic for this. You can't test bandwidth without trying to use all of it, and seeing how much you get.
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