netserver(1)

💖 netserver — the manual page, but make it cute

okay so bestie, you're reading the netserver(1) page from the General Commands Manual and honestly? you're about to have a great time. this is the whole thing, nothing skipped, all facts intact, just with the energy it deserves 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

netserver — a network performance benchmark server 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

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

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so what does it even do. Netserver listens for connections from a netperf benchmark, and responds accordingly. that's the whole vibe. it's the server side of the situation 👑

and the way it can run? two ways, bestie:

• it can be run from inetd
• or as a standalone daemon (with the -p flag)

🚨 okay important, no cap: if you run it from inetd, the -p option should not be used. do not do it. i'm serious.

⭐ OPTIONS ⭐

• -4 — Use AF_INET (aka IPv4) addressing for the control and possibly data connections. old school, still slaying 💖
• -6 — Use AF_INET6 (aka IPv6) addressing for the control and possibly data connections. futuristic era ✨
• -d — Increase the quantity of debugging output displayed during a test. lowkey it might come at the expense of performance, so like, know that going in 😭
• -h — Display a usage string, and exit. the classic "help me" button 🙈
• -L name,family — Set the local name and/or address family for the socket used for the control connection. very specific, very main character 💅
• -p portnum — Listen on the specified port. this is the one you use when running as a standalone daemon 🎀
• -v verbosity — Set the verbosity level for the test. talk more or talk less, your call 🌈
• -V — Display the netperf version and exit. version check, then dip 👋

💀 BUGS 💀

No known bugs at this time. iconic, honestly. zero notes. 🌟

but fr fr, if you think you have found a bug, please report it to either netperf-talk@netperf.org or netperf-feedback@netperf.org 🫶 they wanna know!!

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• netperf(1)
• Netperf: A Network Performance Benchmark
• http://www.netperf.org/

👑 AUTHORS 👑

the legends themselves:

• HP Information Networks Division - Networking Performance Team.
• Rick Jones <rick.jones2@hp.com>
• Karen Choy HP IND
• Dave Shield <daves@csc.liv.ac.uk> (man pages)
• Others too numerous to mention here - see the AUTHORS file

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this was netserver(1) from the General Commands Manual — the footer says netserver(1) and we're keeping that energy forever. go benchmark something cute ✨💖🎀