====== iPerf to Diagnose Network Speed in Linux ======


Linux systems administrators and network administrators often find diagnosing network speed degradation complicated, as there are very few tools available to diagnose these issues. iPerf is a command-line tool used in the diagnostics of network speed issues.

iPerf measures the maximum network throughput a server can handle. It is particularly useful when experiencing network speed issues, as you can use iPerf to determine which server is unable to reach maximum throughput.

===== Install iPerf =====


<note>The installation section assumes that you are the root user. If you are not using the super user, you will need to use sudo before each command.</note>

==== Debian and UbuntuPermalink ====

You can use apt-get to install iPerf on Debian and Ubuntu:

<code bash>
apt-get install iperf
</code>

==== Fedora/CentOS ====

For CentOS

CentOS repositories do not have iPerf by default. Use the EPEL repository, which is a repository used to install third-party software packages on RedHat systems such as RHEL and CentOS:

yum install epel-release
For Both

yum update
yum install iperf