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 can be done in several ways, depending on your operating system:
Debian and Ubuntu:
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apt install flent
Fedora:
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dnf install flent
Ubuntu pre-18.04:
Add the tohojo/flent PPA <https://launchpad.net/~tohojo/+archive/ubuntu/flent>_.
Arch Linux:
Install Flent from the AUR <https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/flent>_.
Other Linux:
Install from the Python Package Index <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/flent>_:
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pip install flent
FreeBSD:
Install the package
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pkg install flent
Or install the port
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cd /usr/ports/net/flent && make installmacOS:
Homebrew <https://brew.sh/>_ and Python 3 must be installed (Python 3 can be installed using Homebrew)
Install the patched netperf package <https://github.com/kris-anderson/homebrew-netperf>_
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brew tap kris-anderson/netperf brew install netperf-enable-demo
Install other dependencies
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brew install fping pip3 install matplotlib --user
Install Flent using pip
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pip3 install flent --user
Optional (install this if you want to use flent-gui)
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pip3 install pyqt5 qtpy --user
See https://flent.org/intro.html#quick-start or doc/quickstart.rst.