In article <1147455681.437158.129900@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups .com>, Mark Taylor <mky@talk21.com> wrote:
> netcat and nmon with the "n" subcommand.
>
> set up a listener on one system, then on the other dd /dev/zero thro
> netcat to the listener .. this will give you throput visible from nmon.
>
> Thats the way I do it anyways .. you could also check out iptraf ..

ttcp and iperf are similar, and also works in a client/server mode.

(Just mentioning.)

-Dan