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removed silly #error from the congestion patch preliminary manpage (!) bumped version number to 2.0.4 changed email address to iperf-users@lists.sourceforge.net removed duplicate help strings
149 строки
3.7 KiB
Groff
149 строки
3.7 KiB
Groff
.TH IPERF 1 "APRIL 2008" NLANR/DAST "User Manuals"
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.SH NAME
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iperf \- perform network throughput tests
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B iperf -s [
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.I options
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.B ]
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.B iperf -c
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.I server
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.B [
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.I options
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.B ]
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.B iperf -u -s [
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.I options
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.B ]
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.B iperf -u -c
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.I server
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.B [
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.I options
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.B ]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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iperf is a tool for performing network throughput measurements. It can test
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either TCP or UDP throughput. To perform an iperf test the user must
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establish both a server (to discard traffic) and a client (to generate
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traffic).
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.SH "GENERAL OPTIONS"
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.TP
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.BR -f ", " --format " "
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[kmKM] format to report: Kbits, Mbits, KBytes, MBytes
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.TP
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.BR -h ", " --help " "
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print a help synopsis
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.TP
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.BR -i ", " --interval " \fIn\fR"
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pause \fIn\fR seconds between periodic bandwidth reports
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.TP
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.BR -l ", " --len " \fIn\fR[KM]"
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set length read/write buffer to \fIn\fR (default 8 KB)
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.TP
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.BR -m ", " --print_mss " "
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print TCP maximum segment size (MTU - TCP/IP header)
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.TP
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.BR -o ", " --output " <filename>"
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output the report or error message to this specified file
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.TP
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.BR -p ", " --port " \fIn\fR"
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set server port to listen on/connect to to \fIn\fR (default 5001)
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.TP
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.BR -u ", " --udp " "
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use UDP rather than TCP
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.TP
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.BR -w ", " --window " \fIn\fR[KM]"
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TCP window size (socket buffer size)
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.TP
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.BR -B ", " --bind " <host>"
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bind to <host>, an interface or multicast address
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.TP
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.BR -C ", " --compatibility " "
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for use with older versions does not sent extra msgs
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.TP
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.BR -M ", " --mss " \fIn\fR"
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set TCP maximum segment size (MTU - 40 bytes)
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.TP
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.BR -N ", " --nodelay " "
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set TCP no delay, disabling Nagle's Algorithm
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.TP
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.BR -v ", " --version " "
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print version information and quit
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.TP
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.BR -V ", " --IPv6Version " "
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Set the domain to IPv6
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.TP
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.BR -x ", " --reportexclude " "
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[CDMSV] exclude C(connection) D(data) M(multicast) S(settings) V(server) reports
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.TP
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.BR -y ", " --reportstyle " C|c"
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if set to C or c report results as CSV (comma separated values)
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.SH "SERVER SPECIFIC OPTIONS"
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.TP
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.BR -s ", " --server " "
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run in server mode
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.TP
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.BR -U ", " --single_udp " "
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run in single threaded UDP mode
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.TP
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.BR -D ", " --daemon " "
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run the server as a daemon
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.SH "CLIENT SPECIFIC OPTIONS"
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.TP
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.BR -b ", " --bandwidth " \fIn\fR[KM]"
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set target bandwidth to \fIn\fR bits/sec (default 1 Mbit/sec).
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This setting requires UDP (-u).
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.TP
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.BR -c ", " --client " <host>"
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run in client mode, connecting to <host>
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.TP
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.BR -d ", " --dualtest " "
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Do a bidirectional test simultaneously
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.TP
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.BR -n ", " --num " \fIn\fR[KM]"
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number of bytes to transmit (instead of -t)
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.TP
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.BR -r ", " --tradeoff " "
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Do a bidirectional test individually
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.TP
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.BR -t ", " --time " \fIn\fR"
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time in seconds to transmit for (default 10 secs)
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.TP
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.BR -F ", " --fileinput " <name>"
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input the data to be transmitted from a file
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.TP
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.BR -I ", " --stdin " "
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input the data to be transmitted from stdin
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.TP
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.BR -L ", " --listenport " \fIn\fR"
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port to recieve bidirectional tests back on
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.TP
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.BR -P ", " --parallel " \fIn\fR"
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number of parallel client threads to run
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.TP
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.BR -T ", " --ttl " \fIn\fR"
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time-to-live, for multicast (default 1)
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.BR -Z ", " --linux-congestion " <algo>"
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set TCP congestion control algorithm (Linux only)
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.SH ENVIRONMENT
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.TP
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.BR TCP_WINDOW_SIZE
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Controls the size of TCP buffers.
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.SH DIAGNOSTICS
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This section needs to be filled in.
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.SH BUGS
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Exit statuses are inconsistent.
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The threading implementation is rather heinous.
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.SH AUTHORS
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Iperf was originally written by Mark Gates and Alex Warshavsky.
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Man page and maintence by Jon Dugan <jdugan at x1024 dot net>.
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Other contributions from Ajay Tirumala, Jim Ferguson,
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Feng Qin,
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Kevin Gibbs,
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John Estabrook <jestabro at ncsa.uiuc.edu>,
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Andrew Gallatin <gallatin at gmail.com>,
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Stephen Hemminger <shemminger at linux-foundation.org>
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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http://iperf.sourceforge.net/
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