Iperf: Network Performance Measurement Tool
├── Introduction
│   └── Understanding Iperf
├── Installation and Setup
│   ├── Installing Iperf
│   └── Basic Setup for Testing
├── Iperf Usage and Commands
│   ├── Basic Usage
│   ├── Advanced Features
│   └── Common Command Line Options
├── Practical Examples
│   ├── Example 1: Basic Bandwidth Test
│   ├── Example 2: Testing with Different Parameters
│   └── Example 3: Bidirectional Test
└── Conclusion
    └── Analyzing Test Results and Applications

1. Introduction

Understanding Iperf

• Iperf is a widely-used tool for network performance measurement and tuning. It is primarily used to determine the maximum achievable bandwidth on IP networks.

2. Installation and Setup

Installing Iperf

# Installation command for Iperf (Linux)
sudo apt-get install iperf3

Basic Setup for Testing

• Setting up Iperf involves initializing the server and client modes on different machines.

3. Iperf Usage and Commands

Basic Usage

• Launching Iperf in server and client modes.

# Server mode
iperf3 -s

# Client mode
iperf3 -c <server_ip_address>

Advanced Features

• Exploring more sophisticated features of Iperf, like parallel connections and varying packet sizes.

Common Command Line Options

• Reviewing options such as i for interval, t for time, and P for parallel connections.

4. Practical Examples