iperf Command Examples

Measure network bandwidth between computers. More information: https://iperf.fr.

• Run on server:

iperf {{[-s|--server]}}

• Run on server using UDP mode and set server port to listen on 5001:

iperf {{[-u|--udp]}} {{[-s|--server]}} {{[-p|--port]}} {{5001}}

• Run on client:

iperf {{[-c|--client]}} {{server_address}}

• Run on client every 2 seconds:

iperf {{[-c|--client]}} {{server_address}} {{[-i|--interval]}} {{2}}

• Run on client with 5 parallel threads:

iperf {{[-c|--client]}} {{server_address}} {{[-P|--parallel]}} {{5}}

• Run on client using UDP mode:

iperf {{[-u|--udp]}} {{[-c|--client]}} {{server_address}} {{[-p|--port]}} {{5001}}