diff --git a/scripts/.gitignore b/scripts/.gitignore
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..50e13221d7ac0e8f1f0eff4a9820ea3654ee8002
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+++ b/scripts/.gitignore
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+/*.log
diff --git a/scripts/iperf-bench.sh b/scripts/iperf-bench.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+if ! [ -x "$(command -v iperf)" ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: This script requires iperf"
+    echo
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ "$#" -eq "2" ]; then
+    runs=$1
+    host=$2
+else
+    echo "ERROR: Script needs 2 arguments:"
+    echo
+    echo "1. Number of times to repeat test (e.g. 10)"
+    echo "2. Host running 'iperf -s' (e.g. somehost)"
+    echo
+    echo "For example, this will run the test 10 times and report totals and average:"
+    echo "  $(basename $0) 10 somehost"
+    echo
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+log=iperf.$host.log
+
+if [ -f $log ]; then
+    echo "Removing $log"
+    rm $log
+fi
+
+echo "========================================================================"
+echo " Results"
+echo "========================================================================"
+echo " Target Host ... $host"
+echo "------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+
+for run in $(seq 1 $runs); do
+    sleep 3
+    iperf -c $host -f m -t 10 -P 1 >> $log
+    echo -e " Run $run: \t $(awk '/Bandwidth/ {getline}; END{print $7, $8}' $log)"
+done
+
+avg=$(awk -v runs=$runs '/Bandwidth/ {getline; sum+=$7; avg=sum/runs} END {print avg}' $log)
+
+echo "------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+echo " Average ....... $avg Mbits/sec"
+echo
+echo "See $log for details"
+echo
+
+# vi: set ts=4 sts=4 sw=4 et ft=sh: