How to test network speed with iperf

Install iperf

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sudo apt-get install iperf3

Testing network speed

Testing network speed with UDP

• Run command on server

  1	iperf -s -u

• Run command on client

  1	iperf -c -u

• Testing network speed with TCP

  • Server side.

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  iperf -s

  • Client side.

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  iperf -c

Command for

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-s  server
-c client + server IP
-u udp
-b bandwith(the max bandwidth
-t time,how long to send packet.
-i interval  output per seconds.