iperf3 question

malcommerlyn

Hey everyone,

I need some help regarding testing server bandwidth with iperf3. I'm not sure how to download the file that the company provides using iperf3.

Here's an example:

iperf3 -4 -c lg.terrahost.com -p 9200 -P 4

The file is located on the server at this address:
https://lg.terrahost.com/1G.bin

I know that we need to use the -F flag to download the file, but I'm struggling to make it work.

Can you please help me with this?

CheepCluck

why not just iperf3 -4 -c lg.terrahost.com -p 9200 -P 4 and then wget -O /dev/null https://lg.terrahost.com/1G.bin?

totally_not_banned

I haven't used iperf a lot but from i remember you don't download any files but connected to a dedicated iperv service.

Clouvider

Yeah there’s no file downloading involved.
File download through http and iperf3 - two different, unrelated things.

CheepCluck

@Clouvider said:
Yeah there’s no file downloading involved.
File download through http and iperf3 - two different, unrelated things.

Technically without the -R(everse) that iperf would be in upload for the transfer.