TCP/IP Test Tools Survey
Following is a survey of all the known available TCP Testing Tools. The survey includes both free and paid tools, and tools for network operators as well as TCP protocol developers.
Some tools are primarily for debugging TCP operational issues, whereas others are full blown TCP protocol test suites for testing conformance and robustness for TCP client side and TCP server side operation.
Some tools focus on TCP throughput and performance whereas others generate TCP traffic streams.
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| Item | Name | Description | Free/Paid | URL/Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ttcp | Utility for measuring network throughput, between two systems,
using TCP. Popular on Unix-type systems |
FREE | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ttcp |
| 2 | netperf | network bandwidth testing between two hosts | FREE | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netperf |
| 3 | NetPIPE | protocol independent performance test tool | FREE | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetPIPE |
| 4 | TCP Test Tool 3.0 | initiate and capture TCP packets for debugging TCP session connectivity (last update April 2011) | FREE | https://Tcp-test-tool.software.informer.com |
| 5 | ExpertTCP | TCP throughput testing – generates and analyzes multiple TCP streams over 1 and 10 Gbps networks | PAID | https://www.gl.com/rfc-6349-based-tcp-throughput-testing.html |
| 6 | ipnetuner | internet connection optimizer – measure TCP performance | PAID | changed its name to opentuner? |
| 7 | Netload | TCP traffic generator at line speeds (via hardware solution) | PAID | https://www.netloadinc.com/ |
| 8 | Engage Packet Builder 2.2 | scriptable packet builder for Windows – generates unusual packets (last update Jan 2012) | FREE | https://engage-packet-builder.software.informer.com |
| 9 | Etherscope NxG | Portable wireless performance analysis system | PAID | https://netally.com/products/etherscopenxg |
| 10 | Bwping | Measure bandwidth and response time between two hosts using ICMP (last update Nov 2019) | FREE | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BWPing |
| 11 | Flowgrind | Measure TCP throughput and other metrics among distributed server processes, esp. for wireless mesh networks (last update Sept 2016) | FREE | http://www.flowgrind.net/ |
| 12 | IWL TCP/IP Test Suite | Find TCP/IP compliance bugs and vulnerabilities via automated test suite | PAID | https://iwl.com/protocol-testing/tcp |
| 13 | Packet Sender | send and receive UDP, TCP, and SSL on ports you choose. | FREE | https://packetsender.com/ |