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How to measure network performance characteristics on two 802..11 nodes?

I have a transmitter program, which continuously injects packets into the network using raw sockets. Similarly i have a receiver program which receives the packets transmitted by the transmitter(using raw sockets).

I will be deploying the transmitter and receiver on different machines. How do i go about measuring parameters like packet-loss, propagation delay and other QoS parameters?

Solution

  • Below are some of the tools that can be used to what you are trying to achieve:

    iperf - free and open source

    Ix Chariot - licensed and proprietary of IXIA

    I would suggest to start with iperf and that should meet your requirements. It is available for both Windows and Linux platforms.