varnetload(8) - Linux man page
Name
varnetload - tool to create reproducable network trafficSynopsis
varnetload [-d delay] [-t time to run] [-u url]Description
In order to use it effectively, you need to have an HTTP server present in your local LAN where you can put files. Upload a large HTML (or any other kind of file) to the HTTP server. Use the -u option of the script to point to that URL. Play with the delay option to vary the load put on your network.
- delay
- Sets delay between individual downloads in miliseconds. Default value is 1000. But you my find values range from 0 to 500 more useful.
- time to run
- Sets total run time in seconds. Default value is 60.
- url
- Sets downloaded resource. Default is http://myhost.mydomain/index.html.
See Also
tuned(8) diskdevstat(8) netdevstat(8) scomes(8)