Netest output for measuring bandwidth

  1. measuring available bandidth capable to do it
  2. measuring available bandidth maximum throughput only
How to read the netest report for bandwidth measurement:
This output is much simplier than the general measurement. It has only two sections. The first section reports both available and physical bandiwdth if available bandwidth is measurable; otherwise, it reports the maximum throughput and estimated physical bandwidth.
The second section reports Round Trip Time (RTT), Maximum burst size, and what limits the maximum throughput.

Case 1: Detected Available bandwidth

The output from netest client running in ABW mode:
FreeBSD% netest -t xxx.yyy.edu -abw
===== Testing results: to xxx.yyy.edu =====
--- General statistics ---
Average bandwidth used in testing: 57.2572 Mb/s in 2.2707 sec
Bandwidths:     Available 554.125        Capacity 622.000 Mb/s


--- General section ---
        Round Trip Time (RTT):          2.4000 ms
        Maximum burst size:             1529408 Bytes (pkt size 1472)
Transient Peak throughput is 671.346 Mb/s  limited by local memory

Case 2: No ABW but maximum throughput and bottleneck capacity

The output from netest client running in ABW mode:
FreeBSD% netest -t xxx.yyy.142.75 -abw
6639176 Bytes dropped (57.1496 %) ReTx 0

===== Testing results: to xxx.yyy.142.75 =====
--- General statistics ---
Average bandwidth used in testing: 7.8463 Mb/s in 11.2960 sec
Maximum throughput 722.767 Mb/s Estimated Capacity 1000.000 Mb/s


--- General section ---
        Round Trip Time (RTT):          159.4000 ms
        Maximum burst size:             1377792 Bytes (pkt size 1472)
Transient Peak throughput is 722.767 Mb/s  limited by local memory

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