Throughput Server

Overview

The throughput-server sample application for Zephyr implements a UDP server that complements the throughput-client tool from Zephyr net-tools repository. The throughput-server listens for incoming IPv4 or IPv6 packets (sent by the throughput-client) and optionally sends the packets back. Note that it makes sense to use this sample (only) with high-performance bearer like Ethernet.

The source code for this sample application can be found at: samples/net/throughput_server.

Building and Running

The application can be used on multiple boards and with different bearers. Emulation using QEMU is not recommended because the ethernet connection in QEMU is done using a serial port with SLIP, so it is very slow.

There are configuration files for different boards and setups in the throughput-server directory:

• prj_frdm_k64f.conf Use this for FRDM-K64F board with built-in ethernet.

Build throughput-server sample application like this:

# On Linux/macOS
cd $ZEPHYR_BASE/samples/net/throughput_server
mkdir build && cd build
# On Windows
cd %ZEPHYR_BASE%\samples\net\throughput_server
mkdir build & cd build
cmake -GNinja -DBOARD=<board to use> -DCONF_FILE=<config file to use> ..
ninja

Make will select the default configuration file based on the BOARD you specified to CMake.

Note that shell support is not activated in the throughput-server so that we can save some memory and have as many net_buf’s configured in the system as possible.

Running throughput-client in Linux Host

In this example, the throughput-server is run on a board and throughput-client is run on a Linux host. The throughput-client can be found at the net-tools project.

Open a terminal window and type:

$ cd net-tools
$ ./throughput-client -F -s 200 2001:db8::1

Note that throughput-server must be running on the device under test before you start the throughput-client application in a host terminal window.