ciperf is used to calculate the -b and -l values for iperf in order to produce a chosen udp packet throughput (overhead = 51 bytes) in respect to some variables which may change the calculation of the parameters (e.g. computers, links, ...).
A tool for Multi-Router Traffic Graphing software, MRTG Spike Remover removes anomalous "spike" data from the MRTG logs in order to faciliatate reading the parts of the graph important to the surveyor, leaving out irrelevant data outliers.