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.TH netserver 1 ""
.SH NAME
netserver \- a network performance benchmark server
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B netserver
[-4]
[-6]
[-d]
[-h]
[-L name,family]
[-p portnum]
[-v verbosity]
[-V]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B Netserver
listens for connections from a
.B netperf
benchmark, and responds accordingly.
It can either be run from
.B inetd
or as a standalone daemon (with the -p flag). If run from
.B inetd
the -p option should not be used.
.SS OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-4
Use AF_INET (aka IPv4) addressing for the control and possibly data
connections.
.TP
.B \-6
Use AF_INET6 (aka IPv6) addressing for the control and possibly data
connections.
.TP
.B \-d
Increase the quantity of debugging output displayed during
a test (possibly at the expense of performance).
.TP
.B \-h
Display a usage string, and exit.
.TP
.B \-L name,family
Set the local name and/or address family for the socket used for
the control connection.
.TP
.B \-p portnum
Listen on the specified port.
This is used when running as a standalone daemon.
.TP
.B \-v verbosity
Set the verbosity level for the test.
.TP
.B \-V
Display the netperf version and exit.
.SH BUGS
No known bugs at this time. If you think you have found a bug, please report it to either netperf-talk@netperf.org or netperf-feedback@netperf.org.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR netperf (1)
.br
.I
Netperf: A Network Performance Benchmark
.br
http://www.netperf.org/
.SH AUTHORS
HP Information Networks Division - Networking Performance Team.
.br
Rick Jones <rick.jones2@hp.com>
.br
Karen Choy HP IND
.br
Dave Shield <daves@csc.liv.ac.uk> (man pages)
.br
Others too numerous to mention here - see the AUTHORS file