COS561 Fall 2016, Assignment 1

In this assignment, you will use iperf3 and wireshark to explore TCP.

Assignment Outline

Three parts

  1. Parallel Connections
    TCP throughput vs. Number of Parallel Connections. Using iperf3.

  2. RTT
    TCP throughput vs. Round Trip Time from client to server. Using iperf3.

  3. Wireshark
    Look at TCP packets when opening/grabbing a web page using wireshark.

Deliverables

Refer to the Deliverables page for details.