If you run TCP from a machine that has enough CPU they are very accurate. 

On Nov 12, 2013, at 13:50, Sam <w...@csilogan.com> wrote:

> Has anyone used iPerf before? I'm curious of your thoughts as to the 
> reliability, and how the results would map to a real-world environment. 
> For example, a friend was testing some 3.65 radios (which had no 
> connection to the Internet) using iPerf. Based upon the iPerf results, a 
> determination was made regarding maximum concurrent users per AP and 
> maximum aggregate bandwidth capacity of the radio. For the maximum 
> concurrent users I believe they tested this at several different 
> download and upload speed for the fictional users.
> 
> Having never used iPerf, I don't know if the results from their tests 
> (which were very poor by the way - much lower than common configurations 
> of DL/UL rates as well as number of users per AP I've read many of you 
> describing on these lists) map reasonably to what one would expect from 
> a given AP, or if they tend to be wonky.
> 
> Thanks,
> Sam
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