How to use iperf to test network speed

On a older RedHat compatible server:

[root@server:/root]> iperf3 -s
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Server listening on 5201
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On the RedHat client:

yum install iperf3
iperf3 -c server_ip

On a newer Debian server:

root@server:~# iperf -s
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Server listening on TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 128 KByte (default)
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