Received: by oss.sgi.com id ; Mon, 3 Apr 2000 03:14:22 -0700 Received: from robur.slu.se ([130.238.98.12]:44293 "EHLO robur.slu.se") by oss.sgi.com with ESMTP id ; Mon, 3 Apr 2000 03:14:02 -0700 Received: (from robert@localhost) by robur.slu.se (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA21007; Mon, 3 Apr 2000 12:08:26 +0200 From: Robert Olsson MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <14568.28058.761608.988825@robur.slu.se> Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 12:08:26 +0200 (CEST) To: kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru Cc: andrewm@uow.EDU.AU (Andrew Morton), netdev@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: coverage X-Mailer: VM 6.75 under Emacs 19.34.1 Sender: owner-netdev@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;netdev-outgoing kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru writes: > It is easy. "ping -f" does not create any real load on the network, > it is pure latency test, when there is always only one packet in flight. > Do not use it. Just write simple program, sending small udp packets > without gaps, or use tools sort of netperf. To create extremal load, > it is possible to use pgen tool by Robert Olsson > (ftp://robur.slu.se:/pub/Linux/tmp/), it is a bit out of date, > but easy to update. Hello! It is currently removed. I was suggested not have it accessible via anonymous ftp. I'll send people interested in PPS and router testing a copy. It runs from kernel needs a our hacked tulip driver plus NIC with genuine tulip chips. --ro