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-====== Iperf ======
-**General Information**
-iperf allows testing of network throughput. It requires you to install iperf on a source and destination system.
-**Checklist**
-  * Distro: Enterprise Linux 6.x
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-====== Install iperf ======
-  * Add the [[linux_wiki:epel_repo|EPEL Repo]].
-  * Install iperf on the "client" and "server" system.<code bash>yum install iperf</code>
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-====== Performance Test ======
-  * Start iperf on the "server" system.<code bash>iperf -s</code>
-    * You can specify what port iperf listens on with the '-p <port>' option.<code bash>iperf -s -p 1337</code>
-  * Run the test from the client
-    * Basic test with default settings<code bash>iperf -c <server-ip></code>
-    * Basic test, specify server listening port<code bash>iperf -c <server-ip> -p 1337</code>
-    * Bi-directional test<code bash>iperf -c <server-ip> -p 1337 -d</code>
-    * Custom Test: Bandwidth format in MBytes/sec (-f M), show MTU (-m), pause 2 seconds in between reports (-i 2), transmit for 30 seconds (-t 30).<code bash>iperf -c <server-ip> -p 1337 -f M -i 2 -t 30</code>
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