https://github.com/tohojo/flent

The FLExible Network Tester.
https://github.com/tohojo/flent

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The FLExible Network Tester.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/tohojo/flent
• Owner: tohojo
• License: other
• Created: 2012-10-09T13:43:29.000Z (about 12 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-10-28T14:32:40.000Z (15 days ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-28T17:24:29.886Z (15 days ago)
• Language: Python
• Homepage: https://flent.org
• Size: 7.47 MB
• Stars: 436
• Watchers: 27
• Forks: 78
• Open Issues: 58
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.rst
  • Changelog: CHANGES.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
Flent: The FLExible Network Tester

==================================

Flent is a Python wrapper to run multiple simultaneous netperf/iperf/ping

instances and aggregate the results. It was previously known as

'netperf-wrapper'. See the web site for the main documentation:

https://flent.org.

Installing Flent

----------------

Installing Flent can be done in several ways, depending on your operating system:

- **Debian and Ubuntu:**

    .. code-block:: bash

      apt install flent

- **Fedora:**

    .. code-block:: bash

      dnf install flent

- **Ubuntu pre-18.04:**

  Add the `tohojo/flent PPA `_.

- **Arch Linux:**

  Install Flent from `the AUR `_.

- **Other Linux:**

  Install from the `Python Package Index `_:

  

    .. code-block:: bash

      pip install flent

- **FreeBSD:**

  Install the package

    .. code-block:: bash

      pkg install flent

  Or install the port

  

    .. code-block:: bash

        cd /usr/ports/net/flent && make install

- **macOS:**

  `Homebrew `_ and Python 3 must be installed (Python 3 can be installed using Homebrew)

  Install the `patched netperf package `_

    .. code-block:: bash

      brew tap kris-anderson/netperf

      brew install netperf-enable-demo

  Install other dependencies

    .. code-block:: bash

      brew install fping

      pip3 install matplotlib --user

  Install Flent using pip

    .. code-block:: bash

      pip3 install flent --user

  Optional (install this if you want to use `flent-gui`)

    .. code-block:: bash

      pip3 install pyqt5 qtpy --user

Quick Start

-----------

See https://flent.org/intro.html#quick-start or doc/quickstart.rst.