Welcome to SocketPerformanceChecker!

SocketPerformanceChecker is a tool to measure the performance of different socket implementations provided by libraries such as clockUtils and boost::asio.

General

• Easy to use plugin structure to add new socket implementations very easily

SocketPerformanceChecker has been tested on:

• Linux
• Windows

We use CMake (2.8+) for the build system and a C++11 capable compiler such as g++ 4.9 or Visual Studio 13 (or higher). Also Qt 5.x is required for the GUI. Build scripts for all other dependencies are provided in the repository in the dependencies directory.

It is also important to set some environment variables. Those are:

LINUX

• Qt5_BaseDir: The path to the version of Qt you're using (e.g. /home//Qt/5.5)

WINDOWS

• VS12: The path the folder containing vcvarsall.bat (e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC) if you want to build with Visual Studio 2012/2013
• VS14: The path the folder containing vcvarsall.bat (e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC) if you want to build with Visual Studio 2015
• Qt5_BaseDir: The path to the version of Qt you're using (e.g. C:\Qt\5.5)

LINUX

• First of all, build all the dependencies.
• There are several build-scripts, but build-dependencies.sh will run them all
• You can run the scripts individually, e.g. if you want to rebuild 1 library, but be careful
• some libraries depend on others (read comments in build-dependencies)

cd dependencies

./build-dependencies.sh

• Go back to the main directory, run cmake with the appropriate options (see infos below) and finally make

cd ..

cmake .

make

• now, you'll find the executables in the bin subdirectory and can run it
• That's all

WINDOWS

• First of all, build all the dependencies. This will take some time.
• There are several build-scripts, but build-dependencies.bat will run them all
• You can run the scripts individually, e.g. if you want to rebuild 1 library, but be careful
• some libraries depends on others (read comments in build-dependencies)
• build-dependencies.bat and the other build scripts require three tools:

WinRAR.exe (specify path in build-common.bat)

cmake (has to be in path)

Visual Studio

• If all these programs are installed, you start the Visual Studio command line
• (e.g. Start => All programs => Visual Studio => Visual Studio tools => VS2013 x86 Native Tools)
• and move to SocketPerformanceChecker directory. Then just follow the next steps:

cd dependencies

build-dependencies.bat

• Go back to the main directory, run cmake with the appropriate options (see infos below) and you get your Visual Studio project

cd ..

cmake .

• now you find a SocketPerformanceChecker.sln file you can open in Visual Studio. You can compile it using F7. After this, all library files
• and the executables are in the bin subdirectory and you can run it
• That's all

##Running the Test##

To run the test the following steps are necessary:

• Run the SocketPerformanceHelper executable on the PC you want it running
• Start SocketPerformanceChecker executable either on the same PC or on another one
• Configure the test as you want to run it. Remember to change the IP in the configuration to the one the SocketPerformanceHelper is running on
• Click the start button and wait for the results

We welcome patches. We will set up a Contributor Agreement soon to take care of the legal aspect of contributions.