netserver1
A network performance benchmark server
Usage
netserver [-4]
[-6]
[-d]
[-h]
[-L
name,family]
[-p
portnum]
[-v
verbosity]
[-V]
Overview
Netserver listens for connections from a netperf benchmark, and responds accordingly. It can either be run from inetd or as a standalone daemon (with the -p flag). If run from inetd the -p option should not be used.
Options
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-4 -
Use AF_INET (aka IPv4) addressing for the control and possibly data connections.
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-6 -
Use AF_INET6 (aka IPv6) addressing for the control and possibly data connections.
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-d -
Increase the quantity of debugging output displayed during a test (possibly at the expense of performance).
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-h -
Display a usage string, and exit.
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-L name,family -
Set the local name and/or address family for the socket used for the control connection.
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-p portnum -
Listen on the specified port. This is used when running as a standalone daemon.
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-v verbosity -
Set the verbosity level for the test.
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-V -
Display the netperf version and exit.
Releases
Unchanged in 2 releases since Debian 13 (Trixie).