IPerf

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Introduction

iPerf is a tool for active measurements of the maximum achievable bandwidth on IP networks. It supports tuning of various parameters related to timing, buffers and protocols (TCP, UDP, SCTP with IPv4 and IPv6). For each test it reports the bandwidth, loss, and other parameters.

https://iperf.fr/

Installation

sudo apt-get install iperf

Usage

Server

sudo iperf -s

Client

iperf -c 192.168.0.252 -P 1 -i 1 -p 5201 -f m -t 10

Output

Across 2 Ubiquiti NanoStation locoM2 in a garden...

iperf -c 192.168.0.252 -P 1 -i 1 -p 5201 -f m -t 10
------------------------------------------------------------
Client connecting to 192.168.0.252, TCP port 5201
TCP window size: 0.08 MByte (default)
------------------------------------------------------------
[  3] local 192.168.0.163 port 42296 connected with 192.168.0.252 port 5201
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[  3]  0.0- 1.0 sec  7.62 MBytes  64.0 Mbits/sec
[  3]  1.0- 2.0 sec  9.38 MBytes  78.6 Mbits/sec
[  3]  2.0- 3.0 sec  9.62 MBytes  80.7 Mbits/sec
[  3]  3.0- 4.0 sec  8.75 MBytes  73.4 Mbits/sec
[  3]  4.0- 5.0 sec  9.00 MBytes  75.5 Mbits/sec
[  3]  5.0- 6.0 sec  8.75 MBytes  73.4 Mbits/sec
[  3]  6.0- 7.0 sec  9.50 MBytes  79.7 Mbits/sec
[  3]  7.0- 8.0 sec  10.5 MBytes  88.1 Mbits/sec
[  3]  8.0- 9.0 sec  10.1 MBytes  84.9 Mbits/sec
[  3]  9.0-10.0 sec  8.62 MBytes  72.4 Mbits/sec
[  3]  0.0-10.0 sec  91.9 MBytes  77.0 Mbits/sec