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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:943 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:272 comp.protocols.tcp-ip:36229 comp.benchmarks:6962 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!news.uoknor.edu!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!news.mathworks.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!simtel!col.hp.com!news.dtc.hp.com!hplextra!hplb!hpwin055.uksr!apollo.hp.com!hpax!cupnews2.cup.hp.com!raj From: raj@cup.hp.com (Rick Jones) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.benchmarks Subject: Netperf should now work on *BSD and do TTCP (RFC 1644) Followup-To: comp.benchmarks Date: 5 May 1995 20:29:26 GMT Organization: netperf Lines: 25 Message-ID: <3oe1r6$fu2@hpindda.cup.hp.com> Reply-To: raj@cup.hp.com NNTP-Posting-Host: hpindio.cup.hp.com Summary: Netperf 2.0PL1 for *BSD and TTCP test X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] For those who would like to be benchmarking network performance on [Free|Net]BSD platforms, netperf revision 2.0PL1 _should_ be working without additional modification (although I've only run it on FreeBSD myself). There are also some minor fixes for other platforms. This version of netperf also includes a test for Transactional TCP (RFC 1644) called TCP_TRR. To get the full force of TTCP, you need to use the test-specific "-p portnum" option to cause the client side to re-use the same local port number for each transaction. This test will be compiled-in if you specify "-DDO_1644" in the CFLAGS of the makefile. Results can be compared with the TCP_CRR test, (which should behave much like the http protocol) and perhaps the TCP_RR test. Before drawing any general conclusions though, be sure to either get a full explanation of the way each test works, or get one yourself by looking at the source code. You can find netperf, and the netperf results database at http://www.cup.hp.com/netperf/NetperfPage.html happy benchmarking, rick jones Please direct your follow-ups to comp.benchmarks.