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.TH netstress 1 "06 Jun 2015" "netstress-1.2.0" "utility to stress and benchmark networks"
.SH NAME
\fBnetstress \fP- utility designed to stress and benchmark network activity
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.fam C
\fBnetstress\fP \fB-m\fP[NAME] | \fB--master\fP=[NAME] [\fIOPTIONS\fP]
.fam T
.fi
.fam T
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Client/server utility designed to stress & benchmark network activity of
a given ethernet device or path using simulated (random) real world data
and packet sizes instead of fixed data and packet sizes.
.PP
Easily command line usage with random packets sizes and random data for
read, write, or read & write (default) testing and reporting benchmark
results from the ethernet device.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B
\fB-m\fP[NAME], \fB--master\fP[=NAME]
This instance is the master
.TP
.B
\fB-s\fP[NAME], \fB--slave\fP[=NAME]
This instance is the slave
.TP
.B
\fB-h\fP, \fB--host\fP nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn
Use this host or IP address
.TP
.B
\fB-p\fP, \fB--port\fP nnn
Use this port (default=5678)
.TP
.B
\fB--seed\fP, \fB-S\fP nnn
Use this random number seed (master only)
.TP
.B
\fB-c\fP, \fB--ctime\fP
Report current time (default reports elapsed time)
.TP
.B
\fB-n\fP, \fB--nsec\fP nnn
Report every nnn seconds (default=5)
.TP
.B
\fB-N\fP, \fB--nrep\fP nnn
Benchmark every nnn reports (default=3)
.TP
.B
\fB-b\fP, \fB--bytes\fP
Benchmark using bytes (default is bits)
.TP
.B
\fB-M\fP, \fB--mps\fP
Benchmark using mbytes/sec or mbits/sec (default)
.TP
.B
\fB-K\fP, \fB--kps\fP
Benchmark using kbytes/sec or kbits/sec
.TP
.B
\fB-B\fP, \fB--bps\fP
Benchmark using  bytes/sec or  bits/sec
.TP
.B
\fB-w\fP, \fB--mwo\fP
Only test master write / slave read
.TP
.B
\fB-r\fP, \fB--mro\fP
Only test master read / slave write
.TP
.B
\fB-R\fP, \fB--realrandom\fP
Do real random test (not pseudo random)
.TP
.B
\fB-f\fP, \fB--fast\fP
Run Fast (no checking, no real_random)
.TP
.B
\fB-v\fP, \fB--verbosity\fP
Enable verbosity (multiples increase level)
.TP
.B
\fB-d\fP, \fB--debug\fP
Enable debugging (multiples increase level)
.TP
.B
-?, \fB--help\fP
Give this information
.SH AUTHOR
The NETSTRESS was written by Jim Gleason <jimgleason@users.sf.net>, Avocent Corp.
and Helius, Inc.
.PP
This manual page was written by Giovani Augusto Ferreira <giovani@riseup.net>
for the Debian project (but may be used by others).