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'''Netperf''' is the de-facto standard for network bandwidth testing between two hosts on a network. It blasts TCP data from a client host to a server host. This is different than transferring a file over the network, as you avoid any disk bottlenecks, and are using a standardized client and server for testing.

| name = Netperf

| screenshot =

| caption = TCP Performance Measurement Tool

| developer = HP Networking Performance Team and others

| latest release version = 2.6.0

| latest release date = {{release date|2012|06|11}}

| status = active

| operating system = [[Cross-platform]]

| programming language = [[C]]

| genre = [[Bandwidth management]]

| license = unknown (includes HP copyright)

| website = http://www.netperf.org/netperf/

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'''Netperf''' is the de-facto standard for network bandwidth testing between two hosts on a network. It supports Unix Domain Sockets, [[Transmission Control Protocol | TCP]], [[SCTP]], [[DLPI]] and UDP via BSD Sockets. Netperf provides a number of predefined tests e.g. to measure bulk (unidirectional) data transfer or request response performance.

Netperf was originally deleveloped at [[Hewlett Packard]].

Netperf is a benchmark that can be used to measure the performance of many different types of networking. It provides tests for both unidirecitonal throughput, and end-to-end latency. The environments currently measureable by netperf include:

TCP and UDP via BSD Sockets for both IPv4 and IPv6

==See also==

DLPI

* [[Ttcp]], [[bwping]], [[Flowgrind]]: tools of a similar nature.

Unix Domain Sockets

* [[Measuring network throughput]]

SCTP for both IPv4 and IPv6

* [[Packet generation model]]

==References==

[http://www.netperf.org/ Homepage of netperf ]

[[Category:Computer network analysis]]

[[Category:Network performance]]