SPELL=netpipe
         VERSION=3.7.2
          SOURCE=NetPIPE-$VERSION.tar.gz
     SOURCE_HASH=sha512:158c24665bcc55144452c2aeff067e0d853ffca1ecd130d52c3ea7d4068c53e81f9a1133d0cca847d28f597f68b20f01e79811f81ab1396dd18ba2eaaf691430
SOURCE_DIRECTORY=$BUILD_DIRECTORY/${SOURCE/\.tar.gz/}
   SOURCE_URL[0]=http://bitspjoule.org/$SPELL/code/$SOURCE
      LICENSE[0]=GPL
        WEB_SITE=http://www.bitspjoule.org/netpipe/
         ENTERED=20020606
           SHORT="network performance tool"
cat << EOF
NetPIPE is a protocol independent performance tool that encapsulates
the best of ttcp and netperf and visually represents the network
performance under a variety of conditions. By taking the end-to-end
application view of a network, NetPIPE clearly shows the overhead
associated with different protocol layers.

Interfaces are available for TCP, PVM and MPI.

Netpipe answers such questions as: 
how soon will a given data block of size k arrive at its destination? 
which network and protocol will transmit size k blocks the fastest? 
what is a given network's effective maximum throughput and saturation level?  
does there exist a block size k for which the throughput is maximized? 
how much communication overhead is due to the network comm. protocol layer(s)? 
how quickly will a small (< 1 kbyte) control message arrive, 
and which network and protocol are best for this purpose?
EOF