[Click] how do i measure packets per second?

[Azeem Khan]

Hello,

   I am a completely new user to click so please forgive me for asking a 
couple of very trivial questions. If these are answered elsewhere please 
point me to the URL. I could not figure out how to search the mailing list 
archives.

I am using Click 1.5 in kernel mode using the compatible 2.6 kernel. I am 
interested in getting the packets per second that the click router can 
process on my machine. I am currently interested only in getting the time it 
takes to process per IP packet (by first finding the packets per second and 
then taking the reciprocal of this number)

  I have the following questions.


1. How do I use the fakeip-router.click configuration file that comes in the 
conf directory. I modified it for the IP and MAC addresses that I have 
but...

Running it using the command "click-install fakeip-router.click" causes an 
error which says
something about overflow in queue out0. Increasing queue size to 20000 did 
not help. A further increase caused an out of memory error. What am I doing 
wrong?

2. I created a configuration for a router using the make-ip-conf.pl. I need 
advice on the best tools to use to test the forwading throughput of my 
router. I know about iperf but is there anything else that is also 
recommended? Also, for Gigabit cards, is Cat-5e ok? I am using 2 metre 
length cables.

Thank You.
Azeem Khan.

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