I ran iPerf3 in server mode on a laptop, connected it via a network cable to a desktop and then ran iPerf3 in client mode on the desktop using iPerf3 <host ip address>.
The laptop is running Windows 10 and the desktop Windows 11.
I can see the following output on the server :
Server listening on 5201 (test #2)
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Accepted connection from 169.254.24.181, port 60154
[ 5] local 169.254.228.205 port 5201 connected to 169.254.24.181 port 60155
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate
[ 5] 0.00-1.00 sec 97.5 MBytes 817 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 1.00-2.00 sec 51.4 MBytes 431 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 2.00-3.00 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
[ 5] 3.00-4.01 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
[ 5] 4.01-5.00 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
[ 5] 5.00-6.00 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
[ 5] 6.00-7.00 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
[ 5] 7.00-8.00 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
[ 5] 8.00-9.00 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
[ 5] 9.00-10.00 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate
[ 5] 0.00-10.02 sec 149 MBytes 125 Mbits/sec receiver
and this output on the client :
C:\iPerf>iperf3 -c 169.254.228.205
Connecting to host 169.254.228.205, port 5201
[ 5] local 169.254.24.181 port 60152 connected to 169.254.228.205 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate
[ 5] 0.00-1.02 sec 5.61 GBytes 47.4 Gbits/sec
[ 5] 1.02-2.01 sec 1.44 GBytes 12.4 Gbits/sec
[ 5] 2.01-3.01 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
[ 5] 3.01-4.01 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
[ 5] 4.01-5.01 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
[ 5] 5.01-6.01 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
[ 5] 6.01-7.01 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
[ 5] 7.01-8.01 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
[ 5] 8.01-9.01 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
[ 5] 9.01-10.01 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate
[ 5] 0.00-10.01 sec 7.05 GBytes 6.05 Gbits/sec sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.01 sec 136 MBytes 114 Mbits/sec receiver
Can someone please help me understand how to properly interpret these results?
Why are the results drastically different between the server and client?
Is the data transfer done by having the client send data to the server?
Is "sender" referring to the client and "receiver" referring to the server?
In the server results, I see only mention of "receiver" at the end but in the client results, there are numbers for both "receiver" and "sender".
I'm doing this test to try to figure out what throughput I get when the test is done with a Cat5e cable (results above) and with a Cat6 cable (results not included above).
The laptop is running Windows 10 and the desktop Windows 11.
I can see the following output on the server :
Server listening on 5201 (test #2)
-----------------------------------------------------------
Accepted connection from 169.254.24.181, port 60154
[ 5] local 169.254.228.205 port 5201 connected to 169.254.24.181 port 60155
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate
[ 5] 0.00-1.00 sec 97.5 MBytes 817 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 1.00-2.00 sec 51.4 MBytes 431 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 2.00-3.00 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
[ 5] 3.00-4.01 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
[ 5] 4.01-5.00 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
[ 5] 5.00-6.00 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
[ 5] 6.00-7.00 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
[ 5] 7.00-8.00 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
[ 5] 8.00-9.00 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
[ 5] 9.00-10.00 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate
[ 5] 0.00-10.02 sec 149 MBytes 125 Mbits/sec receiver
and this output on the client :
C:\iPerf>iperf3 -c 169.254.228.205
Connecting to host 169.254.228.205, port 5201
[ 5] local 169.254.24.181 port 60152 connected to 169.254.228.205 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate
[ 5] 0.00-1.02 sec 5.61 GBytes 47.4 Gbits/sec
[ 5] 1.02-2.01 sec 1.44 GBytes 12.4 Gbits/sec
[ 5] 2.01-3.01 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
[ 5] 3.01-4.01 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
[ 5] 4.01-5.01 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
[ 5] 5.01-6.01 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
[ 5] 6.01-7.01 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
[ 5] 7.01-8.01 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
[ 5] 8.01-9.01 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
[ 5] 9.01-10.01 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate
[ 5] 0.00-10.01 sec 7.05 GBytes 6.05 Gbits/sec sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.01 sec 136 MBytes 114 Mbits/sec receiver
Can someone please help me understand how to properly interpret these results?
Why are the results drastically different between the server and client?
Is the data transfer done by having the client send data to the server?
Is "sender" referring to the client and "receiver" referring to the server?
In the server results, I see only mention of "receiver" at the end but in the client results, there are numbers for both "receiver" and "sender".
I'm doing this test to try to figure out what throughput I get when the test is done with a Cat5e cable (results above) and with a Cat6 cable (results not included above).