1NETIO - Network Benchmark, Version 1.33 2(C) 1997-2018 Kai Uwe Rommel 3 4This is a network benchmark for OS/2 2.x, Windows, Linux and Unix. 5It measures the net throughput of a network via TCP and UDP 6protocols using various different packet sizes. 7 8One instance has to run on one machine as a server process, another 9instance is used on another machine to perform the benchmark. When 10executed without arguments, the program will explain its usage. 11 12Full source code is included. For compilation, IBM C/C++ for OS/2 13or gcc (mingw) for Windows is required, gcc can be used under Unix. 14 15Starting with version 1.20, multi threading support is required. 16Under Unix this has to be pthreads (tested with Linux). Therefore, 17DOS is no longer supported beginning with version 1.20. 18 19A few executable files are included. The author can only build for OS/2, 20Windows, Linux and AIX. The other executable files (if any) are 21contributions from other people who ported the benchmark to their 22platform. However, those executables may be out of date now (based 23on earlier versions). Especially, executables of version 1.16 and 24newer will not communicate with versions below 1.16. 25 26This program/these programs can be used freely for private or 27educational purposes. If you want to use them for commercial purposes, 28please contact the author. You may redistribute this software only if 29all files from my original distribution are included unchanged. You may 30only add readable documentation files, such as a BBS signature, and only 31if they are marked prominently as additions. If you want to include any 32part of the orignal distribution with other software, please contact the 33author before. 34 35There is no warranty. Use this software on your own risk. Due to the 36complexity and variety of today's hardware and software which may be 37used to run these programs, I am not responsible for any damage or loss 38of data or hardware failures or other damage caused by correct or 39incorrect use of this software. It was tested very well and is expected 40to work correctly, but nobody can actually guarantee this under any 41circumstances. And because this software is essentially free (even if 42you register, you don't pay for using this software but for the service 43of getting upgrades), you get what you pay for ... 44 45Author: Kai Uwe Rommel 46 Muenchen, Germany 47 48E-mail: rommel@ars.de 49