iperf -s
On the machine acting like a client, run:
iperf -c ip.add.re.ss
where ip.add.re.ss is the ip or hostname of the server.
$ iperf -c 192.168.0.10 ------------------------------------------------------------ Client connecting to 192.168.0.10, TCP port 5001 TCP window size: 16.0 KByte (default) ------------------------------------------------------------ [ 3] local 192.168.0.11 port 47935 connected with 192.168.0.10 port 5001 [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth [ 3] 0.0-10.0 sec 1.09 GBytes 939 Mbits/sec
On the another machine write this command. pv -r /dev/zero | nc 192.168.1.1 7777 It will show live throughput between two machine.The destination machine ip is at our example 192.168.1.1 You must multiply by 8 for the network calculation. You must install pv and netcat commands for this commands usage. kerim@bayner.com http://www.bayner.com/ Show Sample Output
Any thoughts on this command? Does it work on your machine? Can you do the same thing with only 14 characters?
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