[OpenIndiana-discuss] How to test ethernet throughput?

[Milan Jurik]

Hi Gary,

On 18.05.2012 15:38, Gary Mills wrote:
> I'm just finishing a driver for the Atheros AR8131 and AR8132 
> ethernet
> devices.  I'm ready now to test it under load.  What's available in
> OpenIndiana for this purpose?  I couldn't see anything in the
> repository that seemed suitable.  I don't need to bring the interface
> up to maximum throughput, but I'd at least like to be sure that
> nothing breaks when it has a reasonable load.

iperf ?

Also one test option is to setup ftp server and 
open/upload/download/close/checksum in loop. It is easy to write quick 
script for ftp client.

Best regards,

Milan