I need to create some traffic load on a linux machine in order to test some different packet forwarding schemes. Any easy way to have some dummy traffic?
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Voting for ServerFault migration. – Petar Minchev Jun 27 '12 at 10:23
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check this one http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7492/how-do-you-stress-test-a-web-application – Mindaugas Jun 27 '12 at 10:26
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@Petar Minchev doesn't belong on the ServerFault IMHO – ant Jun 27 '12 at 10:41
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@ant - I think he doesn't even have an application. That's why I think it isn't about programming and voted for migration. – Petar Minchev Jun 27 '12 at 10:49
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My application is written in Python, but does that matter? I need some traffic in the background, that's it. – Ricky Robinson Jun 27 '12 at 11:37
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With a second host, you could use nc to simulate server/client transfer, e.g. send files from a bash for-loop to the other host. See the manpage for examples.
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