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IPerf to send specific number of packets per second.
#!/bin/bash
PORT=50000
TIME=60
print_usage () {
echo "Usage: ./iperf.sh [-s|-c destination] [-h] [-p port] [-t time] -k total_packets_per_sec"
echo " -h|--help : Print usage."
echo " -s : Server mode which receives the data."
echo " -c : Client mode which sends the data. Requires destination."
echo " -p|--port : Port to use for server or to connect to. Default 50000."
echo " -t|--time : Number of seconds to run. Default 60 seconds."
echo " -k|--pkts : Number of packets per second to send."
}
while [[ $# -ge 1 ]]
do
key="$1"
shift
# Case through the flags
case $key in
-h|--help)
print_usage
exit 1
;;
-p|--port)
PORT=$1
shift
;;
-c)
MODE='-c'
DESTINATION=$1
shift
;;
-s)
MODE='-s'
;;
-k|--pkts)
PKTS=$1
shift
;;
-t|--time)
TIME=$1
shift
;;
*)
;;
esac
done
if [[ -z "$MODE" ]]
then
echo "ERROR: You need a mode to use, either -c for client or -s for server."
print_usage
exit 1
fi
if [[ -z "$PKTS" ]]
then
echo "ERROR: You need a total number of packets to send per second. See -k."
print_usage
exit 1
fi
if [[ $MODE == '-c' ]]
then
if [[ -z "$DESTINATION" ]]
then
echo "ERROR: You need a destination in client mode. See -c."
print_usage
exit 1
fi
let BANDWIDTH=96*$PKTS
iperf -u -c $DESTINATION -p $PORT -l 12 -b $BANDWIDTH -t $TIME -i 1
else
# Accept 10MB at most and output every 1 second
iperf -u -s -p $PORT -w 10M -i 1 -o iperf.server.out
fi
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