	      $Id: README,v 1.4 1999/05/11 11:59:24 roca Exp $

		Networking Performance Evaluation Environment
			   README - Vincent Roca


1- CONTENTS
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	This archive is composed of:

	- bench:	a client/server tool for statistics gathering
	- bencht:	a shell script that runs bench/benchd while varying
			the message size parameter
	- bsort:	a shell/awk file that analyzes traces generated by
			bench
	- doc:		the documentation

	It also requires the presence of:

	- gnuplot:	an excellent (GNU) tool to plot curves that is freely
			available.


2- TO CREATE/INSTALL THE TOOLS
------------------------------

  First:
	cd bench
  Then make sure the Makefile defines the right variables
  (ie. OSFLAGS, LIBRARIES, CC and LD).
  Finally:
	make linux
  or:
	make freebsd
  or:
	make solaris
  or:
	make irix
  whatever is appropriate.
  NB: Makefile tries create a symbolic link with $HOME/bin. Don't be
  afraid of the error message if you don't have any bin dir. That's not
  a problem.


3- TO USE THE TOOLS
-------------------

	The goal and usage of the various tools included in this package
	are described in file: doc/tools_man.txt

	NB: when installed on a new machine, it is necessary either to 
	add the following lines to file /etc/services (NB: of course you
	can change the 2600/2601 port numbers if required):

benchd          2600/tcp                        # bench test pgm; tcp case
benchd          2600/udp                        # bench test pgm; udp case
benchd_sync     2601/tcp                        # bench test pgm

	 or to use directly the -p argument of bench/benchd.

	The doc/descr_stats_doc.html file gives some information on
	descriptive statistic technics for those who, like me, forgot
	everything ;-)

NOTE
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	For further information/comments, feel free to send
 	me an email at: vincent.roca@lip6.fr
