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Test Network Bandwidth iperf.sh
#Server
iperf -s -i 1
#client
iperf -c <server_ip> -i 1
#other options
iperf --help
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Test Network Bandwidth NetCat.sh
#Server (note sometimes nc is netcat instead)
nc -v -v -l -n -p 2222 >/dev/null
#Client
time yes|nc -v -v -n 192.168.0.8 2222 >/dev/null
#Stop by using ctrl+c
sent 87478392, rcvd 0
real 0m9.993s
#Take the bytes sent times by 8 (conversion bytes->bits) and divided by time elapsed to get Mb/s (Megabits per second)
#70Mb/s (=87478392*8/9.993)
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