How to use Iperf to test network performance for your QNAP

[Moogle Stiltzkin]

Figured this out myself with trial and error. Here is a guide how to use iperf to test networking performance between your QNAP and your client devices, in my case, Desktop win10 PC.

pre-requisite

- In app center, setup my qnapclub as a repository. there is a guide for that here
https://qnapclub.eu/en

- install iperf from the qnapclub repository via app center

- download iperf for your windows here
https://iperf.fr/iperf-download.php

- extract the iperf windows contents to this location e.g.

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C:\iperf-3.1.3-win64\iperf3.exe

now go to windows start, type cmd, right click it, open as administrator


then type

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cd C:\\

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cd  C:\iperf-3.1.3-win64\

then

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iperf3 -c "your QNAP ip address without the quotes"

e.g.

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iperf3 -c 192.168.0.210

This is my result testing speed between Desktop pc and TS-877 over my local network

iperf x77 test.png

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908 Mbps = 113.5 MB/s

https://www.gbmb.org/mbps-to-mbs


And when you are done testing, you can go app center and disable iperf, until you actually need to use it



process should be roughly the same on smartphone e.g. android/iphone...


i wanted to try it by testing from 1 qnap to another using winscp/putty, but i couldn't get that to work. there is an old guide here though that may help
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/QNA ... II/10.html

The location for iperf on my qnap was

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/share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/.qpkg/iPerf3/bin/iperf3.exe

[LittleBird]

Moogle,
Just a guess on my part but provided one of the NAS in the "NAS to NAS" test has a HDMI output you should be able to load and run Iperf via Linux Station. This should get around the Putty problem.

[Moogle Stiltzkin]

Moogle,
Just a guess on my part but provided one of the NAS in the "NAS to NAS" test has a HDMI output you should be able to load and run Iperf via Linux Station. This should get around the Putty problem.

oo i didn't know about that. okay i'll give that a try the next time, thky you :}

[jburianyk]

Hi
I have a TS-420 and I'd like to install iperf, however after installing the QnapClub repository, I don't see the mentioned iPerf3 application. I see other apps in the repository but the iperf one seems to be missing. Is the TS-420 too old to run it directly?

Thanks
Jerry

[dolbyman]

apparently not available for old x19 units .. but not much to gain from that anyways .. those units aren't fast enough to even reach 1GbE .. so why bother ?

[Moogle Stiltzkin]

..

time for a upgrade

[jburianyk]

Sadly - thanks for the response!

[caprichoso]

I am trying to install iPerf3 on my TS-453Bt3. Going to qnapclub.eu in the first post I see that there are a number of executables:

TS-X31, TS-NAS86_64, TS-X28A, TS-X41

but not my TS-453bt3. I don't want to screw up my system. Will one of these work, or am I out of luck?

[OneCD]

Will one of these work, or am I out of luck?

Your NAS has a Celeron CPU, so you’ll need the TS-NASX86_64 package.

[caprichoso]

That worked. Thanks!

[Moogle Stiltzkin]

Home Networking: How to test your network, a guide to iperf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-7Hf-61g0A

*recommended to watch for understanding iperf and how to use it

[Moogle Stiltzkin]

these are the commands i used for iperf test in udp and in reverse
viewtopic.php?f=45&t=155315&p=766373#p766373

[renebonvanie]

Client: Mac Pro with Sonnet 10Gbe
Server: QNAP TVS-872XT with Mellanox 10Gbe

renebonvanie@Rene-MacPro ~ [1]> iperf3 -c 192.168.2.44
Connecting to host 192.168.2.44, port 5201
[ 5] local 192.168.2.16 port 54618 connected to 192.168.2.44 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate
[ 5] 0.00-1.00 sec 995 MBytes 8.34 Gbits/sec
[ 5] 1.00-2.00 sec 1.10 GBytes 9.41 Gbits/sec
[ 5] 2.00-3.00 sec 1.09 GBytes 9.40 Gbits/sec
[ 5] 3.00-4.00 sec 1.09 GBytes 9.40 Gbits/sec
[ 5] 4.00-5.00 sec 1.10 GBytes 9.41 Gbits/sec
[ 5] 5.00-6.00 sec 1.10 GBytes 9.41 Gbits/sec
[ 5] 6.00-7.00 sec 1.10 GBytes 9.41 Gbits/sec
[ 5] 7.00-8.00 sec 1.10 GBytes 9.41 Gbits/sec
[ 5] 8.00-9.00 sec 1.10 GBytes 9.41 Gbits/sec
[ 5] 9.00-10.00 sec 1.10 GBytes 9.41 Gbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 10.8 GBytes 9.30 Gbits/sec sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 10.8 GBytes 9.30 Gbits/sec receiver

iperf Done.

Nice !