Re: iperf (server) termination with "read/write failed"

[Hans Blom <J.Blom --at-- phys.uu.nl>]

Hi Vivek,

We previously had the same problem. In our case it appeared to be a
routing issue: the outgoing traffic was using another interface as the
incoming traffic.

    Kind regards,
    Hans

On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 01:05:34PM -0500, Vivek Sawant wrote:
> Hi Iperfers,
> 
> When I run iperf in the (UDP) server mode, it often termianates with an 
> error "read failed" or "write failed". This happens after a client 
> connected to it has terminated. The experiment involves a series of 
> invocations of iperf clients, one at a time, each with different values 
> for certain parameters (mostly, different values for -b and -t 
> parameters). The client always connects to the same server.
> 
> This abnomal termination is a real problem for the automation of this 
> experiment. Not being able to count on the iperf server being around 
> during the course of a run will make my scripts unduely complicated.
> 
> Has this problem seen before? Any idea why this happens and is there a 
> workaround or a fix?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> \vivek
>