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Running DHCPerf on Ubuntu

DHCPerf is an open source load testing tool for DHCP-Server setups. The tool is capable of generating DHCP Client traffic with a customizable load. It comes in handy in stress testing scenarios.

I have tested it to work with Ubuntu 12.0 and Nomium's DHCPerf 1.0.

Steps:

  1. Download the Red Hat Linux Enterprise Server ES3 (x86) version of DHCPPerf from here: http://www.nominum.com/support/measurement-tools/

  2. We need the Alien tool to convert the download RPM format file to debian package to be installed in Ubuntu.

  3. Download Alien tool by running:

    sudo apt-get install alien

  4. Convert the downloaded RPM file to Debian package format through Alien using the following command:

    sudo alien -k DHCPPerf1.0.1.0.rpm

  5. The Converted Debian package would be placed in the same folder. Install it using the following command:

    sudo dpkg -i DHCPPerf1.0.1.0.deb

  6. The DHCPerf, by default, gets installed into /usr/local/nom/...

  7. To Run, navigate into the bin folder under nom and run the DHCPerf command:

    ./dhcperf --help

    to see the usage of the command.

Run WireShark and set the filter to bootp to see the DHCP packets on the wire.