I am looking for a cross-platform iperf client module for Python 2.7.
Please note that it must be freely usable in a commercial environment, and, hopefully, have good documentation.
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Hm, a bit broad, isn't it? Not being familiar with iperf I cannot tell for sure, though. Any specific features you need?– IzzyCommented Mar 22, 2016 at 16:07
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Nope, not broad at all. I need a 100% port of full iperf functionality - as a Python module. Originally, I almost didn't have the second sentence & was going to repalec by "shortest valid question ever?@ ;)– MawgCommented Mar 22, 2016 at 18:58
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1pypi.python.org/pypi/iperflexer/0.1.4 Maybe?– janCommented Mar 23, 2016 at 21:45
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"This is a program to extract bandwidths and data transfers from iperf output", so it doesn't run iperf, just parses the output. Nvm, I have already coded both, but +1 for a useful module, which should help others in the future.– MawgCommented Mar 24, 2016 at 9:34
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You can perform all of the functionality of iperf with scapy, (and a lot more), just don't let your companies IT network & security team know that you are using it they will throw a fit at what it can do.
- Create & send any packet, literally any!
- Receive traffic
- Time monitoring, etc
- Cross Platform
- The documentation is reasonably good for such a huge capability
- There are python 2 (the original) and python 3 versions but be sure to ask the author of the one that you are using any questions
- It is GPL so you should be able to use it in any environment but you may not be able to link it in or distribute it in a commercial package without applying GPL to that package.
answered Apr 15, 2016 at 6:42
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1Well, you know my IT department from other posts ;-) I wil accep tthis as the answer, since it will help others in future. And then I will slink off and code
result = subprocess.check_output(iperfCommand, shell=True)and keep my job– MawgCommented Apr 15, 2016 at 7:47