iperf Command Examples

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

• Run on server:

iperf -s

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

iperf -u -s -p {{5001}}

• Run on client:

iperf -c {{server_address}}

• Run on client every 2 seconds:

iperf -c {{server_address}} -i {{2}}

• Run on client with 5 parallel threads:

iperf -c {{server_address}} -P {{5}}

• Run on client using UDP mode:

iperf -u -c {{server_address}} -p {{5001}}