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| Method used here is to bench only the " | Method used here is to bench only the " | ||
| - | - Only smallest size packet (20 bytes for IPv4, 40 bytes for IPv6) | + | - Only smallest size packet (20 bytes for IPv4, 40 bytes for IPv6): Generating packets with only 1 byte of payload, and using padding feature could be a possibility too. |
| - Offered load is the maximum line-rate of the medium (like under a Denial of Service attack) | - Offered load is the maximum line-rate of the medium (like under a Denial of Service attack) | ||
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| <note warning> | <note warning> | ||
| - | You need to use a FreeBSD -head with svn revision of 257758 minimum and if you are using Intel NIC you need [[https:// | + | You need to use a [[https:// |
| </ | </ | ||
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| Here is an example for: | Here is an example for: | ||
| - | * 2000 flows (about 5000 flows on 10Gb/ | + | * 2000 flows by using a source range of IP 198.18.0.1-198.18.0.100 and destination 198.19.0.1 to 198.18.20 |
| * The source and destination UDP port are 2000 (it's important to specify the port source and destination for avoiding the usage of port number 0 filtered by pf) | * The source and destination UDP port are 2000 (it's important to specify the port source and destination for avoiding the usage of port number 0 filtered by pf) | ||
| * The destination MAC address needs to be given | * The destination MAC address needs to be given | ||
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| </ | </ | ||
| - | Now we can try to bench your servers for a router usage, like [[documentation: | + | Now we can try to bench your servers for a router usage, like [[documentation: |
| ===== Bench reproducibility and ministat ===== | ===== Bench reproducibility and ministat ===== | ||
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