netserver(1)

netserver1

A network performance benchmark server

Usage

netserver [-4] [-6] [-d] [-h] [-L name,family] [-p portnum] [-v verbosity] [-V]

Overview

Netserver listens for connections from a netperf benchmark, and responds accordingly. It can either be run from inetd or as a standalone daemon (with the -p flag). If run from inetd the -p option should not be used.

Options

-4

Use AF_INET (aka IPv4) addressing for the control and possibly data connections.

-6

Use AF_INET6 (aka IPv6) addressing for the control and possibly data connections.

-d

Increase the quantity of debugging output displayed during a test (possibly at the expense of performance).

-h

Display a usage string, and exit.

-L name,family

Set the local name and/or address family for the socket used for the control connection.

-p portnum

Listen on the specified port. This is used when running as a standalone daemon.

-v verbosity

Set the verbosity level for the test.

-V

Display the netperf version and exit.

Releases

Unchanged in 2 releases since Debian 13 (Trixie).

  1. 13–Arch

Bugs

No known bugs at this time. If you think you have found a bug, please report it to either [email protected] or [email protected].

Authors

HP Information Networks Division - Networking Performance Team.
Rick Jones <[email protected]>
Karen Choy HP IND
Dave Shield <[email protected]> (man pages)
Others too numerous to mention here - see the AUTHORS file

From netperf 2.7.0-8 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.