IPFire Project Releases fireperf, a New Network Performance Measurement Tool

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Marcus Nestor
Nov 11, 2026

While common tools like iperf3 measure raw data throughput between two machines, fireperf addresses a different but equally important question for firewalls and routers: how many new connections per second can the device handle, and how well does it manage them over time?

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Marcus Nestor

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