How to Test Network Throughput Using iperf3 Tool in Linux | Linux Today

How to Test Network Throughput Using iperf3 Tool in Linux

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Sep 28, 2018

iperf3 is a free open source, cross-platform command line based program for performing real time network throughput measurements. It is one of the poweful tools for testing the maximum achievable bandwidth in IP networks (supports IPv4 and IPv6).

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