iperf是美国伊利诺斯大学（University of Illinois）开发的一种开源的网络性能测试工具。可以用来测试网络节点间（包括回环）TCP或UDP连接的性能，包括带宽、抖动以及丢包率，其中抖动和丢包率适应于UDP测试，而带宽测试适应于TCP和UDP。利用iperf这一特性，可以用来测试一些网络设备，如路由器、防火墙、交换机等的性能。
网络的主要性能参数包括带宽、时延、抖动和丢包率，这些用一个名词代替，就是QOS（服务质量）。对于时延，iperf无能为力。但是iperf能够计算抖动，测试时需要发送大量的包，因此计算出来的抖动值就是连续发送时延差值的平均值。
带宽测试通常采用UDP模式，因为能测出极限带宽、时延抖动、丢包率。在进行测试时，首先以链路理论带宽作为数据发送速率进行测试，例如，从客户端到服务器之间的链路的理论带宽为100Mbps，先用-b 100M进行测试，然后根据测试结果（包括实际带宽，时延抖动和丢包率），再以实际带宽作为数据发送速率进行测试，会发现时延抖动和丢包率比第一次好很多，重复测试几次，就能得出稳定的实际带宽。
iperf编译安装
执行make menuconfig，按照如下方式配置：
Network --->iperf3.............. Internet Protocol bandwidth measuring tool
执行make -j8 V=99编译，拷贝到设备后安装：
# mount -t nfs -o nolock 192.168.0.103:/opt/nfs /mnt/nfs# opkg install /mnt/nfs/iperf3_3.0.11-1_ramips_24kec.ipk Installing iperf3 (3.0.11-1) to root...Configuring iperf3.
UDP模式
服务器端：
$ iperf3 -s-----------------------------------------------------------Server listening on 5201-----------------------------------------------------------Accepted connection from 192.168.0.102, port 36420[ 5] local 192.168.0.103 port 5201 connected to 192.168.0.102 port 47568[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Jitter Lost/Total Datagrams[ 5] 0.00-1.00 sec 192 KBytes 1.57 Mbits/sec 11.425 ms 39/63 (62%) [ 5] 1.00-2.00 sec 2.73 MBytes 22.9 Mbits/sec 6.296 ms 0/350 (0%) [ 5] 2.00-3.00 sec 3.03 MBytes 25.4 Mbits/sec 3.376 ms 0/388 (0%) [ 5] 3.00-4.00 sec 3.11 MBytes 26.1 Mbits/sec 2.895 ms 0/398 (0%) [ 5] 4.00-5.00 sec 2.90 MBytes 24.3 Mbits/sec 3.027 ms 0/371 (0%) [ 5] 5.00-6.00 sec 3.07 MBytes 25.8 Mbits/sec 3.963 ms 0/393 (0%) [ 5] 6.00-7.00 sec 3.19 MBytes 26.7 Mbits/sec 4.895 ms 0/408 (0%) [ 5] 7.00-8.00 sec 3.11 MBytes 26.1 Mbits/sec 2.836 ms 0/398 (0%) [ 5] 8.00-9.00 sec 3.10 MBytes 26.0 Mbits/sec 3.510 ms 0/397 (0%) [ 5] 9.00-10.00 sec 1.74 MBytes 14.6 Mbits/sec 6.831 ms 171/394 (43%) [ 5] 10.00-10.06 sec 160 KBytes 21.3 Mbits/sec 5.124 ms 0/20 (0%) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Jitter Lost/Total Datagrams[ 5] 0.00-10.06 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec 5.124 ms 210/3580 (5.9%)
客户端：
# iperf3 -u -c 192.168.0.103 -b 50M -t 10Connecting to host 192.168.0.103, port 5201[ 4] local 192.168.0.102 port 47568 connected to 192.168.0.103 port 5201[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Total Datagrams[ 4] 0.00-1.00 sec 704 KBytes 5.77 Mbits/sec 88 [ 4] 1.00-2.00 sec 2.77 MBytes 23.2 Mbits/sec 354 [ 4] 2.00-3.00 sec 3.03 MBytes 25.4 Mbits/sec 388 [ 4] 3.00-4.00 sec 3.09 MBytes 25.9 Mbits/sec 395 [ 4] 4.00-5.00 sec 2.92 MBytes 24.5 Mbits/sec 374 [ 4] 5.00-6.00 sec 3.09 MBytes 25.9 Mbits/sec 395 [ 4] 6.00-7.00 sec 3.20 MBytes 26.9 Mbits/sec 410 [ 4] 7.00-8.00 sec 3.08 MBytes 25.8 Mbits/sec 394 [ 4] 8.00-9.00 sec 3.09 MBytes 26.0 Mbits/sec 396 [ 4] 9.00-10.00 sec 3.04 MBytes 25.5 Mbits/sec 389 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Jitter Lost/Total Datagrams[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 28.0 MBytes 23.5 Mbits/sec 5.124 ms 210/3580 (5.9%) [ 4] Sent 3580 datagramsiperf Done.
在udp模式下，以50Mbps为数据发送速率，客户端到服务器192.168.0.103上传带宽测试，测试时间为10秒。
# iperf3 -u -c 192.168.0.103 -b 5M -P 10 -t 10
客户端同时向服务器端发起10个连接线程，以5Mbps为数据发送速率。
# iperf3 -u -c 192.168.0.103 -b 50M -d -t 10
以50M为数据发送速率，进行上下行带宽测试。
TCP模式
服务器端：
$ iperf3 -s-----------------------------------------------------------Server listening on 5201-----------------------------------------------------------Accepted connection from 192.168.0.102, port 36424[ 5] local 192.168.0.103 port 5201 connected to 192.168.0.102 port 36425[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth[ 5] 0.00-1.00 sec 116 KBytes 949 Kbits/sec [ 5] 1.00-2.00 sec 642 KBytes 5.26 Mbits/sec [ 5] 2.00-3.00 sec 2.25 MBytes 18.9 Mbits/sec [ 5] 3.00-4.00 sec 2.61 MBytes 21.9 Mbits/sec [ 5] 4.00-5.00 sec 2.74 MBytes 23.0 Mbits/sec [ 5] 5.00-6.00 sec 2.94 MBytes 24.7 Mbits/sec [ 5] 6.00-7.00 sec 2.77 MBytes 23.3 Mbits/sec [ 5] 7.00-8.00 sec 2.97 MBytes 24.9 Mbits/sec [ 5] 8.00-9.00 sec 3.29 MBytes 27.6 Mbits/sec [ 5] 9.00-10.00 sec 3.11 MBytes 26.1 Mbits/sec [ 5] 10.00-10.15 sec 369 KBytes 20.9 Mbits/sec - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth[ 5] 0.00-10.15 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec sender[ 5] 0.00-10.15 sec 23.8 MBytes 19.7 Mbits/sec receiver-----------------------------------------------------------
客户端：
# iperf3 -c 192.168.0.103 -t 10Connecting to host 192.168.0.103, port 5201[ 4] local 192.168.0.102 port 36425 connected to 192.168.0.103 port 5201[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr Cwnd[ 4] 0.00-1.00 sec 184 KBytes 1.51 Mbits/sec 20 24.0 KBytes [ 4] 1.00-2.00 sec 735 KBytes 6.02 Mbits/sec 17 43.8 KBytes [ 4] 2.00-3.00 sec 2.29 MBytes 19.2 Mbits/sec 0 76.4 KBytes [ 4] 3.00-4.00 sec 2.69 MBytes 22.5 Mbits/sec 0 123 KBytes [ 4] 4.00-5.00 sec 2.88 MBytes 24.2 Mbits/sec 0 215 KBytes [ 4] 5.00-6.00 sec 3.04 MBytes 25.5 Mbits/sec 0 338 KBytes [ 4] 6.00-7.00 sec 2.75 MBytes 23.1 Mbits/sec 0 417 KBytes [ 4] 7.00-8.00 sec 3.03 MBytes 25.4 Mbits/sec 0 457 KBytes [ 4] 8.00-9.00 sec 3.36 MBytes 28.2 Mbits/sec 0 499 KBytes [ 4] 9.00-10.00 sec 3.14 MBytes 26.3 Mbits/sec 0 522 KBytes - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 24.1 MBytes 20.2 Mbits/sec 37 sender[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 23.8 MBytes 20.0 Mbits/sec receiveriperf Done.
在tcp模式下，客户端到服务器192.168.0.103上传带宽测试，测试时间为10秒。
# iperf3 -c 192.168.0.103 -P 10 -t 10
客户端同时向服务器端发起10个连接线程。
# iperf3 -c 192.168.0.103 -d -t 10
进行上下行带宽测试。