Network Testing Academy

When you read “1 Gbps” on a spec sheet, it’s tempting to assume that applications will send and receive data at 1 Gbps. In practice, that almost never happens outside of a clean LAN.

You think your network’s solid—until you run a UDP test and it looks like half your packets vanished into thin air. Don’t panic. Nothing’s broken. UDP just plays by different rules.

So, you’ve been using iPerf for a decade and a half. It has become something of an industry standard, and that reputation is largely well-deserved. But…

If you’ve been around networks long enough, you know the feeling: You set up your test gear, run your favorite throughput tool, stare at...

All is well. Meanwhile, your VoIP calls are melting. Let’s be honest: we’ve all run a speedtest  in our browser at some point. Maybe you...