perfsonar-user - Re: [perfsonar-user] [Iperf-users] iperf-3.10 is available
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- From: "Bruce A. Mah" <>
- To: "Bob McMahon" <>
- Cc: , "iPerf User Group" <>, ,
- Subject: Re: [perfsonar-user] [Iperf-users] iperf-3.10 is available
- Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2021 15:55:47 -0700
If memory serves me right, Bob McMahon wrote:
> Hi Bruce,
>
> We used the *%<dev>* for both tx and and rx device binding in iperf 2. Just
> something to consider for consistency between the two tools.
>
> *To affect the physical output interface (e.g. dual homed systems) either
> use -c <host>%<dev> (requires root) which bypasses this host route table
> lookup, or configure policy routing per each -B source address and set the
> output interface appropriately in the policy routes. On the server or
> receive, only packets destined to -B IP address will be received. It's also
> useful for multicast. For example, iperf -s -B 224.0.0.1%eth0 will only
> accept ip multicast packets with dest ip 224.0.0.1 that are received on the
> eth0 interface, while iperf -s -B 224.0.0.1 will receive those packets on
> any interface, Finally, the device specifier is required for v6 link-local,
> e.g. -c [v6addr]%<dev> -V, to select the output interface.*
Hi Bob--
That looks like a good idea and not too hard to implement either.
Thanks!
Bruce.
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- Re: [perfsonar-user] [Iperf-users] iperf-3.10 is available, Bruce A. Mah, 06/02/2021
- Re: [perfsonar-user] [Iperf-users] iperf-3.10 is available, Bob McMahon, 06/01/2021
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