support multiple clients run on the same server

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Explaination of new feature

spawn a thread when iperf server accepts a client connect so the server can 
handle multiple client requests

Justification of new feature

Install iperf client on mobile devices and measure throughput via the same 
iperf server.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by alvinc...@gmail.com on 20 Dec 2013 at 11:28

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That's not really what iperf is designed for.  Supporting multiple tests at the 
same time, while not hard, raises the possibility that the tests will interfere 
with each other at the server.  This is particularly true in the 
high-performance networking environments for which iperf3 was designed.  So by 
design, we explicitly drop connection requests that come in while a test is 
running.

I recommend we not address this enhancement.

Original comment by bmah@es.net on 23 Dec 2013 at 5:01

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Understood.  Thank you for the clarification.

Original comment by alvinc...@gmail.com on 23 Dec 2013 at 6:17

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You can always use the iperf3 library and write you own application for this 
use case if you'd like.

Original comment by bltier...@es.net on 23 Dec 2013 at 11:11

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Adding to the #3 you can always run the multiple instance of the server in 
multiple  ports
iperf3 -s -p 12345 

Original comment by susant%redhat.com@gtempaccount.com on 24 Dec 2013 at 4:15

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Marking as WontFix, as this isn't really a part of iperf's design.

Original comment by bmah@es.net on 2 Jan 2014 at 9:06

• Changed state: WontFix