does '-n' work?

To: iperf-users <iperf-users --at-- dast.nlanr.net>
Subject: does '-n' work?
From: Yaniv Kaul <ykaul --at-- checkpoint.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 17:49:30 +0200
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Seems like with '-n' iperf (1.65, Linux) is sending 2 packets, whatever 
is '-n' set to, and reports it sent 1:
[root --at-- yogi bin]# iperf -c 10.9.201.5 -u -n 1 -l 14
------------------------------------------------------------
Client connecting to 10.9.201.5, UDP port 5001
Sending 14 byte datagrams
UDP buffer size: 64.0 KByte (default)
------------------------------------------------------------
[  3] local 192.168.9.121 port 32778 connected with 10.9.201.5 port 5001
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[  3]  0.0- 0.0 sec  14.0 Bytes  1.87 Mbits/sec
[  3] Sent 1 datagrams
[root --at-- yogi bin]# iperf -c 10.9.201.5 -u -n 2 -l 14
------------------------------------------------------------
Client connecting to 10.9.201.5, UDP port 5001
Sending 14 byte datagrams
UDP buffer size: 64.0 KByte (default)
------------------------------------------------------------
[  3] local 192.168.9.121 port 32778 connected with 10.9.201.5 port 5001
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[  3]  0.0- 0.0 sec  14.0 Bytes  1.90 Mbits/sec
[  3] Sent 1 datagrams
[root --at-- yogi bin]# iperf -c 10.9.201.5 -u -n 4 -l 14
------------------------------------------------------------
Client connecting to 10.9.201.5, UDP port 5001
Sending 14 byte datagrams
UDP buffer size: 64.0 KByte (default)
------------------------------------------------------------
[  3] local 192.168.9.121 port 32778 connected with 10.9.201.5 port 5001
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[  3]  0.0- 0.0 sec  14.0 Bytes  1.84 Mbits/sec
[  3] Sent 1 datagrams

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