The FreeBSD Ports Archive

FreeBSD benchmarks : netpipe

A self-scaling network benchmark

 NetPIPE is a protocol independent performance tool that encapsulates
the best of ttcp and netperf and visually represents the network
performance under a variety of conditions. By taking the end-to-end
application view of a network, NetPIPE clearly shows the overhead
associated with different protocol layers. Netpipe answers such
questions as: how soon will a given data block of size k arrive at its
destination? Which network and protocol will transmit size k blocks
the fastest? What is a given network's effective maximum throughput
and saturation level?  Does there exist a block size k for which the
throughput is maximized? How much communication overhead is due to the
network communication protocol layer(s)? How quickly will a small (< 1
kbyte) control message arrive, and which network and protocol are best
for this purpose?

For a paper fully describing NetPIPE and sample investigation of
network performance issues using NetPIPE, see the homepage. 

netpipe history

v. 1.14
date: 2006/02/18 04:02:07;  author: jkoshy;  state: Exp;  lines: +3 -1
Add a local master site.

v. 1.13
date: 2006/02/13 15:03:11;  author: jkoshy;  state: Exp;  lines: +8 -2
- Upgrade to v3.6.2.
- Incorporate patches from gnn to support IPv6 [1].
- Install the netpipe(1) manual page.

Submitted by:	gnn [1]

v. 1.12
date: 2003/11/17 04:10:04;  author: jkoshy;  state: Exp;  lines: +1 -1
Upgrade to v3.6.

v. 1.11
date: 2003/07/12 01:27:36;  author: jkoshy;  state: Exp;  lines: +2 -2
Upgrade to v3.5.

v. 1.10
date: 2003/03/07 05:56:22;  author: ade;  state: Exp;  lines: +1 -0
Clear moonlight beckons.
Requiem mors pacem pkg-comment,
And be calm ports tree.

E Nomini Patri, E Fili, E Spiritu Sancti.

v. 1.9
date: 2002/10/07 04:24:24;  author: jkoshy;  state: Exp;  lines: +16 -11
Upgrade to v3.2.

v. 1.8
date: 2002/09/18 07:44:00;  author: jkoshy;  state: Exp;  lines: +2 -2
Upgrade to v2.4.

PR:		ports/42795
Submitted by:	Jim Geovedi 

v. 1.7
date: 2000/06/26 06:18:26;  author: jkoshy;  state: Exp;  lines: +3 -2
Use MASTER_SITE_LOCAL.

v. 1.6
date: 2000/04/08 22:04:22;  author: mharo;  state: Exp;  lines: +3 -3
update with the new PORTNAME/PORTVERSION variables

v. 1.5
date: 2000/02/08 09:25:54;  author: peter;  state: Exp;  lines: +2 -2
Change all www.freebsd.org/~user references to people.FreeBSD.org/~user,
as the days of the former are numbered.

Reviewed by:	asami

v. 1.4
date: 1999/12/08 11:17:38;  author: jkoshy;  state: Exp;  lines: +2 -2
Fix MASTER_SITE.

v. 1.3
date: 1999/08/25 04:45:46;  author: obrien;  state: Exp;  lines: +1 -1
Change Id->FreeBSD.

v. 1.2
date: 1999/03/03 03:48:56;  author: jkoshy;  state: Exp;  lines: +2 -1
Add MLINK from netpipe.1 to NPtcp.1.

Requested by:	Guy Helmer 

v. 1.1
date: 1999/02/21 00:02:50;  author: jkoshy;  state: Exp;
branches:  1.1.1;
Initial revision

v. 1.1.1.1
date: 1999/02/21 00:02:50;  author: jkoshy;  state: Exp;  lines: +0 -0
Import of NETPIPE, a self scaling network benchmark from AMES lab.
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