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TCPSPRAY(1) User's Manual TCPSPRAY(1) NAME tcpspray - TCP/IP bandwidth measurement tool (Discard and Echo client) SYNOPSIS tcpspray [-46ev] [-b block_size] [-d wait_<micro>s] [ -f filename] [-n count] <hostname> [port] DESCRIPTON tcpspray uses the Discard resp. Echo protocol (RFC 863 resp. RFC 862) to perform bandwidth measurements of TCP sessions between the local system, and a Discard resp. Echo server. Unix-based hosts can provide a Discard and/or Echo servers with the Inter- net super-server inetd. On Windows NT, the simple network protocols op- tional component will do the same. The name or address of the server node must be specified. tcpspray will au- tomatically try to use IPv6 when available. If not, or if it fails, it will fallback to IPv4. However, tcpspray4 resp. tcpspray6 only try to use IPv4 resp. IPv6. OPTIONS -4 or --ipv4 Force usage of TCP over IPv4. -6 or --ipv6 Force usage of TCP over IPv6. -b block_size or --bsize block_size Send block of the specified byte size (default: 1024). -d wait_<micro>s or --delay wait_<micro>s Waits for the given amount of microseconds after any given was sent before attempting to send the next one. There is no delay by de- fault. -e or --echo Use the Echo protocol instead of Discard. tcpspray will measure the time required to send data and receive it back, instead of simply sending it. -f filename or --fill filename Read data from the specified file to fill sent blocks with. If the file is smaller than the size of blocks, or if no file were speci- fied, the remaining trailing bytes are all set to zero. -h or --help Display some help and exit. -n block_count or --count block_count Send the specified amount of data blocks for the measurements (de- fault: 100). -V or --version Display program version and license and exit. -v or --verbose Display more verbose informations. In particular, tcpspray will print a dot each time a block is sent. If the Echo protocol is used (option -e), dots will be erased as data is received back. DIAGNOSTICS If you get no response while you know the remote host is up, it is most likely that it has no Discard/Echo service running, or that these services are blocked by a firewall. Running tcptraceroute6(8) resp. tcptracer- oute(8) toward the IPv6 resp. IPv4 remote host might help detecting such a situation. SECURITY tcpspray does not require any privilege to run. SEE ALSO tcp(7), inetd(8), tcptraceroute6(8), tcptraceroute(8) AUTHOR Remi Denis-Courmont <remi at remlab dot net> http://www.remlab.net/ndisc6/ tcpspray $Date$ TCPSPRAY(1)
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