[netperf-talk] Regarding traffic generators using netperf

[Rick Jones]

ASHA GOWDA wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks for the info.
> Our application belongs to layer 3 , application like
> MLPPP, MLFR.

So your application speaks directly to MLPPP and MLFR then?

> So is it possible to edit this configuration using
> netperf.

It would be a matter of writing a "nettest_mlppp.c" and/or 
nettest_mlfr.c" test suite.

happy benchmarking,

rick jones

> 
> 
> --- Rick Jones <rick.jones2 at hp.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>ASHA GOWDA wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>As part of our project we needto use netperf tool
>>
>>to
>>
>>>generate traffic for testing network processor.
>>>we have to test MLPPP, MLFR application etc.
>>>As I am new , I need to know how to generate the
>>>traffic and use it.
>>
>>Netperf as it ships does not already know about
>>things like MLPPP, MLFR. 
>>  Its infrastructure though should be amenable to
>>adding test suites 
>>that do know about those sorts of things if you
>>needed to measure them 
>>directly.  "Link-layer" as it were.
>>
>>Otherwise, you can treat them just like any other
>>link and use regular 
>>tests like TCP_RR, TCP_STREAM to see how those go.
>>
>>happy benchmarking,
>>
>>rick jones
>>
> 
> 
> 
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