[dpdk-users] Pktgen question: range of source IP addresses

[Marko Niinimaki]

many thanks! Now I can impress my boss without just by entering the
commands below

src.ip min 0 192.168.2.1
src.ip start 0 192.168.2.1
src.ip max 0 192.168.2.254
src.ip inc 0.0.0.1
range 0 on
start 0


On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 11:42 AM, Wiles, Keith <keith.wiles at intel.com>
wrote:

> >Hi,
> >
> >I'm using pktgen to create DNS query packets for internal testing (I
> >tweaked the source code a bit). It's certainly fast enough, but I'd need
> >some more functionality to build a more comprehensible DNS testing suite.
> >First I'd need a range of IP addresses, for instance the first DNS query
> >would come from 1.1.1.1, the next from 1.1.1.2 etc. As far as I know, port
> >X's IP is assigned only once (for instance set ip src 0 1.1.1.1/24). Is
> >there a clever way to change this? If you consider this a useful feature,
> >I'll submit the code of course.
>
> Pktgen does have the range command ‘page range’ which allows setting up
> the addresses to be changed on the fly have you looked at that option?
>
> I accept just about any improvement to Pktgen, just send a patch :-)
>
> >
> >Best regards,
> >Mark
> >
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> Regards,
> Keith
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