Can software traffic generator generate 100 Mbps traffic

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Can software traffic generators like iperf etc can generate 100mbps traffic?
else is there any software generators which can produce such high rates ?

Regards,
Mithun

Best Answer

Yes, iPerf can easily max out even Gb connections. The example above by mkudlacek is, in fact, a maxed out connection, minus losses to TCP overhead.

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Client connecting to proton.cw, TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 16.0 KByte (default)
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[  3] local 10.2.0.16 port 40045 connected with 10.2.0.2 port 5001
[  3]  0.0-10.0 sec  1.09 GBytes    940 Mbits/sec
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