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NAME
       iperf - perform network throughput tests

SYNOPSIS
       iperf -s [ options ]

       iperf -c server [ options ]

       iperf -u -s [ options ]

       iperf -u -c server [ options ]

DESCRIPTION
       iperf is a tool for performing network throughput measurements.  It can
       test either TCP or UDP throughput.  To perform an iperf test  the  user
       must establish both a server (to discard traffic) and a client (to gen-
       erate traffic).

GENERAL OPTIONS
       -f, --format
              [kmKM]   format to report: Kbits, Mbits, KBytes, MBytes

       -h, --help
              print a help synopsis

       -i, --interval n
              pause n seconds between periodic bandwidth reports

       -l, --len n[KM]
              set length read/write buffer to n (default 8 KB)

       -m, --print_mss
              print TCP maximum segment size (MTU - TCP/IP header)

       -o, --output <filename>
              output the report or error message to this specified file

       -p, --port n
              set server port to listen on/connect to to n (default 5001)

       -u, --udp
              use UDP rather than TCP

       -w, --window n[KM]
              TCP window size (socket buffer size)

       -B, --bind <host>
              bind to <host>, an interface or multicast address

       -C, --compatibility
              for use with older versions does not sent extra msgs

       -M, --mss n
              set TCP maximum segment size (MTU - 40 bytes)



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       -N, --nodelay
              set TCP no delay, disabling Nagle's Algorithm

       -v, --version
              print version information and quit

       -V, --IPv6Version
              Set the domain to IPv6

       -x, --reportexclude
              [CDMSV]   exclude C(connection) D(data) M(multicast) S(settings)
              V(server) reports

       -y, --reportstyle C|c
              if set to C or c report results as CSV (comma separated values)

SERVER SPECIFIC OPTIONS
       -s, --server
              run in server mode

       -U, --single_udp
              run in single threaded UDP mode

       -D, --daemon
              run the server as a daemon

CLIENT SPECIFIC OPTIONS
       -b, --bandwidth n[KM]
              set  target  bandwidth to n bits/sec (default 1 Mbit/sec).  This
              setting requires UDP (-u).

       -c, --client <host>
              run in client mode, connecting to <host>

       -d, --dualtest
              Do a bidirectional test simultaneously

       -n, --num n[KM]
              number of bytes to transmit (instead of -t)

       -r, --tradeoff
              Do a bidirectional test individually

       -t, --time n
              time in seconds to transmit for (default 10 secs)

       -F, --fileinput <name>
              input the data to be transmitted from a file

       -I, --stdin
              input the data to be transmitted from stdin

       -L, --listenport n
              port to recieve bidirectional tests back on



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       -P, --parallel n
              number of parallel client threads to run

       -T, --ttl n
              time-to-live, for multicast (default 1)

       -Z, --linux-congestion <algo>
              set TCP congestion control algorithm (Linux only)

ENVIRONMENT
       TCP_WINDOW_SIZE
              Controls the size of TCP buffers.

DIAGNOSTICS
       This section needs to be filled in.

BUGS
       Exit statuses are inconsistent.  The threading implementation is rather
       heinous.

AUTHORS
       Iperf  was  originally  written by Mark Gates and Alex Warshavsky.  Man
       page and maintence by Jon Dugan <jdugan at x1024 dot net>.  Other  con-
       tributions  from  Ajay  Tirumala,  Jim Ferguson, Feng Qin, Kevin Gibbs,
       John Estabrook <jestabro at ncsa.uiuc.edu>, Andrew  Gallatin  <gallatin
       at gmail.com>, Stephen Hemminger <shemminger at linux-foundation.org>

SEE ALSO
       http://iperf.sourceforge.net/




























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