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jata · Joined: 30 Nov 2011 Posts: 5

Hi,

I need to do some testing of file transfer performance/speed on my network over wifi and compare results with that of ms windows.

So, i have installed slacko puppy 5.3 and I have sucessfully connected to my network using wifi.

I need to run some tests that record file transfer speed between the slacko pc and a couple of network shares. What tools can I use for doing this?

Thanks

DPUP5520 · Joined: 16 Feb 2011 Posts: 759

is this http://linuxpoison.blogspot.com/2010/12/monitor-network-traffic-or-speed.html what you're looking for?

rcrsn51 · Posted: Thu 01 Dec 2011, 12:33 Post subject:

Here is a little tool called iperf. There are two ways to use it.

1. Since your Time Capsule is acting as a Samba server, run the following command on your Puppy machine. Use the Time Capsule's IP address.

jata · Joined: 30 Nov 2011 Posts: 5

how do i make sense of the iperf -c output?

Thanks

rcrsn51 · Posted: Thu 01 Dec 2011, 17:13 Post subject:

Iperf generates a stream of TCP data between a client and server and measures the throughput in Mbits/second. For example, I was able to compare the speeds to a Samba server from a wired versus wireless client.

Since it doesn't time an actual file transfer, this may not be exactly what you are looking for. However, there is a Windows version of iperf that might help you make the comparisons you desire.

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darkcity · Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 2218 Location: near here

thanks for info, added to wiki-
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/Iperf