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OpenBSD 7.9 release · amd64 · Generated 2026-09-09

netrate-20140413p0

FreeBSD's tcp/udp traffic generator

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Description

netreceive is a UDP packet sink; packets received are copied to user space and discarded. netsend is a UDP packet generator, sending at a rate configured on the command line. netblast is a UDP packet generator, sending at as high a rate as possible. These tools are repackaged from the FreeBSD source tree (/usr/src/tools/tools/netrate).

Package information

Ports path
net/netrate
Package architecture
amd64
Maintainer
The OpenBSD ports mailing-list <ports@openbsd.org>
Categories
benchmarks, net
Available flavors
None listed

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Direct dependencies

None listed in sqlports.

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