Re: Using File option with Time Option
Is the file smaller than you would like to send. (ie file is 5K but you
want to test 5M). If that is the case then it will not go beyond the file
size. If that is not the case then I have no clue as to the behavior you
are seeing.
Kevin
On Thu, 17 Jul 2003, Tom Gissel wrote:
> Thanks Greg,I tried using the -n option too but it
> still didn't work correctly.
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
>
> --- Gregory Goddard <ggoddard --at-- ufl.edu> wrote:
> >
> > I think this may be related to an earlier post I
> > made:
> >
> >
> http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/lists/iperf-users/apr03/msg00005.html
> >
> > When using -F to transfer a file, you need to
> > specify a number of bytes
> > (using -n) larger than the file size you are trying
> > to transmit. iperf
> > stops at whatever the lesser byte value is (or -t
> > value, I think).
> >
> > This may or may not be your problem, but I wanted to
> > at least mention it.
> > Kevin can probably clarify further.
> >
> > Cheers, -g
> >
> > On Thu, 17 Jul 2003, Tom Gissel wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm using iperf 1.7 with Linux as the server and
> > > Windows as my client, and am trying,
> > unsucessfully, to
> > > get the File option, -F, to work with the Time
> > option,
> > > -t. iperf accepts the command with -t but then
> > > appears to ignore it. Does anyone know a way to
> > get
> > > this working correctly? I would accept if I could
> > > input the number of iterations as a replacement
> > for
> > > time.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Tom
> > >
> > > PS: I tried using Windows boxes as both the client
> > and
> > > server but the server side crapped out when
> > receiving
> > > the file from the client. As a result I switched
> > to
> > > using Linux as the server which works correctly.
> > >
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