Re: [Iperf-users] Regarding packet loss in UDP

[Kartik K. P. <kar...@gm...>]

Thanks for the reply bob. But i am trying to leverage Mininet to find out
the packet loss. I couldn't come across Mininet's API for finding that out.
So thought to check with this user group.

Any input is appreciated!

Thanks!

On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 12:53 AM, Bob (Robert) McMahon <
rmc...@br...> wrote:

>  The iperf server reports lost/total.   Any reason not to use that?
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> Bob
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> *From:* Kartik Kumar Perisetla [mailto:kar...@gm...]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 28, 2015 7:34 PM
> *To:* ipe...@li...
> *Subject:* [Iperf-users] Regarding packet loss in UDP
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> Hi,
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> I am looking for a way to measure UDP packet loss between 2 hosts at a
> given bandwidth.
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> I found I could leverage Mininet's iperf method to set l4type to UDP and
> set bandwidth. However, the response being returned isn't indicating
> anything about packet loss.
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> So could someone please throw some light on how could I get packet loss in
> this scenario?
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> Thanks!
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Regards,

Kartik Perisetla