Assessment of iPerf as a Tool for LAN Throughput Prediction

Abstract

This article discusses whether iPerf can be used as an effective tool for wired and wireless LAN throughput estimation. The potential advantages of using iPerf in comparison to FTP are discussed. Finally, the article presents the throughput measurement results obtained with FTP, iPerf2 and iPerf3 in a simple experimental network.

Keywords

• local area networks
• throughput
• ftp
• iperf