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Don't Use Iperf3 on Windows


This article will explain why you should not use iPerf3 on Windows for synthetic network benchmarking and testing.  Followed by a brief explanation of why you..

The basic options work well, but advanced capabilities needed for certain network testing may not be available on Windows or may behave in unexpected ways. Microsoft maintains two synthetic network benchmarking tools: ntttcp (Windows NT Test TCP) and ctsTraffic. Don’t forget to allow the network traffic on the Windows Defender Firewall if you wish to run your own tests.

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