From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from roobidoo.pudai.com (unknown [216.14.118.130]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 687013B2A4 for ; Fri, 27 Mar 2020 07:31:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [71.219.63.218] (port=63664 helo=[10.168.3.148]) by roobidoo.pudai.com with esmtpsa (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.93) (envelope-from ) id 1jHnDQ-00073m-LE; Fri, 27 Mar 2020 06:31:56 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) From: Tim Higgins X-Mailer: iPad Mail (16G161) In-Reply-To: <87r1xem521.fsf@toke.dk> Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 07:31:55 -0400 Cc: Tim Higgins , Make-Wifi-fast , flent-users@flent.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <092069D8-3AA4-4D39-9C6D-7D46081541D4@timhiggins.com> References: <1697eb13-068d-f518-35d6-1d1495feab40@smallnetbuilder.com> <87r1xem521.fsf@toke.dk> To: =?utf-8?Q?Toke_H=C3=B8iland-J=C3=B8rgensen?= X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - roobidoo.pudai.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.bufferbloat.net X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - timhiggins.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: roobidoo.pudai.com: authenticated_id: tim@timhiggins.com X-Authenticated-Sender: roobidoo.pudai.com: tim@timhiggins.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 08:09:19 -0400 Subject: Re: [Make-wifi-fast] Flent traffic direction convention X-BeenThere: make-wifi-fast@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 11:31:58 -0000 > On Mar 27, 2020, at 7:05 AM, Toke H=C3=B8iland-J=C3=B8rgensen wrote: >=20 > (Adding flent-users@flent.org - please also include this in > Flent-specific questions) >=20 >> I might be confusing myself, but need to ask the question. What does flen= t >> define as upload and download? >>=20 >> Netperf docs say: >> The TCP_STREAM test is the default test in netperf. It is quite simple, >> transferring some quantity of data from the system running netperf to the= >> system running netserver. >>=20 >> So why, when I look at tcp_1up_noping.conf does the DATA_SETS have 'test'= : >> 'TCP_STREAM' in the 'TCP_upload' dictionary? >=20 > Flent considers itself the client, so 'upload' is TCP_STREAM. As more > use cases have emerged, this has turned out to not always be the case, > of course; WiFi test scenarios such as you are doing being the most > prominent example. There's a --swap-up-down parameter which will switch > all instances of TCP_STREAM to TCP_MAERTS and vice-versa, though. >=20 >> Second question: Is there any documentation that can help me figure out >> exactly what traffic is running in each test type? >> I've tried looking at the .conf and .inc files, in flent/tests but can't >> figure it out. >=20 > Not really :/ There's https://flent.org/tests.html, but it hasn't really > kept up with new tests being added. >=20 > However, you can see it after the fact: The exact command lines for each > data series is stored (along with a bunch of other data) in the > SERIES_META object in the data file. Use the GUI to browse this, or > print it with 'flent -f metadata datafile.flent.gz'. >=20 > -Toke >=20 Thanks again, Toke. Looks like you anticipated my questions in the design! := )=