Day 28
Measuring Network Performance
Key Topics
Today’s review focuses on the different measurements for network performance, the sources of delay, testing network performance online, and testing network performance using the Windows iPerf tool.
Bandwidth, Throughput, and Goodput
There are three basic measurements for network performance: bandwidth, throughput, and goodput.
Bandwidth
Bandwidth is determined by the medium’s physical properties and is measured in bits per second. For example, 10GBASE-T Ethernet has a maximum capacity of 10Gbps (gigabits per second). The available bandwidth of a connection is ...
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