B born2bl8 Registered User Messages 26 28 Apr 2010 #1 Hi All Looking for any network admins who might recommend a network utility that I can use to stress a network card. Can run on the same machine or a peer machine on the network to blast traffic at the target machine NIC. thanks, born2bl8
Hi All Looking for any network admins who might recommend a network utility that I can use to stress a network card. Can run on the same machine or a peer machine on the network to blast traffic at the target machine NIC. thanks, born2bl8
P Pique318 Registered User Messages 162 29 Apr 2010 #2 Look for free Load Testing tools. The industry standard is Mercury/HP Loadrunner. You may be able to download a free evaluation copy which might suit you. It's not cheap to buy, though. sqaforums.com have plenty of info on this kinda stuff.
Look for free Load Testing tools. The industry standard is Mercury/HP Loadrunner. You may be able to download a free evaluation copy which might suit you. It's not cheap to buy, though. sqaforums.com have plenty of info on this kinda stuff.
P pbyrne Registered User Messages 103 29 Apr 2010 #3 Hi, netperf is pretty nifty for this type of testing: http://mcpmag.com/articles/2005/09/13/bottleneck-battle.aspx (windows binary available here) There are a ton of other tools - have not used this one but could also be worth a look: http://iperf.sourceforge.net/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iperf Hope that helps.
Hi, netperf is pretty nifty for this type of testing: http://mcpmag.com/articles/2005/09/13/bottleneck-battle.aspx (windows binary available here) There are a ton of other tools - have not used this one but could also be worth a look: http://iperf.sourceforge.net/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iperf Hope that helps.