[streaming] Re: How do I test my LAN

[Bill Owens]

On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 07:40:42AM -0500, Pepo wrote:
> I will be use VLC and multicast for stream videos; but How do I know if my LAN 
> will support the traffic? Which tool do i can use to simulate my network and 
> VLC traffic?

I'm fond of iperf: http://dast.nlanr.net/Projects/iperf/

It can source and sink unicast or multicast UDP streams, with varying bitrate and packet size. Not an exact simulation of video traffic, but in my experience it does a pretty good job when you're trying to find network problems.

Bill.

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