MacNean Tyrrell wrote: > <snip> >> pick one end to be the receiver (aka "server" in iperf) >>> (let's suppose this end has IP address 102.168.1.101 >>> you can determine that by running /sbin/ifconfig) >>> tell the receiver to start ("listen", ie wait for a connection) >>> iperf -s >>> >>> the other end is the transmitter (aka "client" in iperf) >>> tell it to connect to the receiver and start sending >>> iperf -c 192.168.1.101 >>> wait until it finishes >>> (repeat if desired, possibly with different command-line options) >>> >> <snip> > With 3 huge files being transfered from both my laptops at the same time i > ran iperf i'm getting 7MBS, gonna see how much it is when no transfers are > running.
Interesting (I guess) -- but I don't quite know how to describe what is being measured since the file transfer and the iperf transfer are competing. Regards, ..jim -- KPLUG-Newbie@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie