[netperf-talk] Running Netperf using IPv6

[Rick Jones]

Adding to the "must be the OS" argument is this, where a link-scope IP 
works under HP-UX 11iv2 (11.23)

# ifconfig lan0
lan0: flags=843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>
         inet 15.4.89.212 netmask fffff800 broadcast 15.4.95.255
lan0: flags=4800841<UP,RUNNING,MULTICAST,PRIVATE,ONLINK>
         inet6 fe80::230:6eff:fe4c:2778  prefix 10
# netserver -6
Starting netserver at port 12865
Starting netserver at hostname ::0 port 12865 and family AF_INET6
# netperf -6
TCP STREAM TEST from ::0 (::) port 0 AF_INET6 to ::1 (::1) port 0 AF_INET6
Recv   Send    Send
Socket Socket  Message  Elapsed
Size   Size    Size     Time     Throughput
bytes  bytes   bytes    secs.    10^6bits/sec

  32768  32768  32768    10.01    7006.90
# netperf -H ::1 -6
TCP STREAM TEST from ::0 (::) port 0 AF_INET6 to ::1 (::1) port 0 AF_INET6
Recv   Send    Send
Socket Socket  Message  Elapsed
Size   Size    Size     Time     Throughput
bytes  bytes   bytes    secs.    10^6bits/sec

  32768  32768  32768    10.01    6969.30
# netperf -H fe80::230:6eff:fe4c:2778 -6
TCP STREAM TEST from ::0 (::) port 0 AF_INET6 to 
fe80::230:6eff:fe4c:2778 (fe80::230:6eff:fe4c:2778) port 0 AF_INET6
Recv   Send    Send
Socket Socket  Message  Elapsed
Size   Size    Size     Time     Throughput
bytes  bytes   bytes    secs.    10^6bits/sec

  32768  32768  32768    10.00    7063.79
# uname -a
HP-UX linger B.11.23 U ia64 4203217935 unlimited-user license