[CLUE-Tech] Network performance testing (was Network DD)

[Brandon N]

> If you cable is a problem, you'll see error packets.  I'm not sure
> off hand what
> the best way to count them is - ifconfig, maybe or somewhere in
> /proc.  You
> could also try tcpdump or ethereal.  But if you aren't getting
> errors, your
> cable is ok.

netstat -i will show errors on the interface.

netcat is definatly not a good tool for testing network bandwidth, it
introduces too many other variables.

This webiste appears to have a lot of tools for network performance
testing.

http://dast.nlanr.net/npmt/

Brandon

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