Re: Network stress test

Hello...

On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 17:14 +0100, Harry Hambi wrote:
> Hi All, 
> Built a small network at home is there any way I can stress test the
> network?. How would I generate enough broadcast traffic to test the
> network.

ping -f 255.255.255.255
but you are really testing the switch with broadcast traffic


I would suggest using the [email protected].
http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list

This (valhalla) list has maybe a dozen people on it.  Where the fedora
list is actually active.



> The network is made up of 2 switches I got from work, 4 clients
> linux/winxp & a printer,appreciate any help.
> 
> Rgds.
> 
> Harry. 
> 


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