iperf and Deamon mode...
>Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2003 12:55:59 -0700
>From: Phil Reese <preese --at-- stanford.edu>
>To: iperf-users --at-- dast.nlanr.net
>Subject: iperf and Deamon mode...
>
>I'm putting together a system for network monitoring on campus. It will be a
>simple Linux box with a gig copper nic. I'll be running the Network
Diagnostic
>Tool (NDT) from Argonne National Laboratory and I'd like to have 'iperf'
running
>all the time too.
>
>When I use the 'iperf -s -D > logfile' option on Linux, all I get in the
>'logfile' is the following:
>[root --at-- linux ip]# more iplog
>------------------------------------------------------------
>Server listening on TCP port 5001
>TCP window size: 85.3 KByte (default)
>------------------------------------------------------------
>Running Iperf Server as a daemon
>The Iperf daemon process ID : 11644
>
>I've then run a number of clients against this server and the logfile doesn't
>change.
>
>When I run iperf as a server and daemon on windows, the logfile generated has
>more interesting stuff:
>------------------------------------------------------------
>Server listening on TCP port 5001
>TCP window size: 8.00 KByte (default)
>------------------------------------------------------------
>[160] local 192.168.1.3 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.100 port 32771
>[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth
>[160] 0.0-10.0 sec 109 MBytes 91.3 Mbits/sec
>
>
>I'm clearly doing something wrong but I can't figure it out! If this
happens to
>be a bug in the Linux version of 1.7.0, could I put a pitch in for a simple
>'date' command addition to the output? The logs would be more helpful to
me if
>I knew when the tests were being done in addition to the IP address and the
>results.
>
>Phil Reese
>Stanford University
>Network Systems, CNS
>Information Technology Systems and Services
>Pine Hall, Room 126
>(650) 723-4328
>preese --at-- stanford.edu
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