TCP Sampler Config

Part of the Configuration Elements category. Also documented in context in the full Component Reference.

The TCP Sampler Config provides default data for the TCP Sampler

Name	Required	Description
Name	No	Descriptive name for this element that is shown in the tree.
TCPClient classname	No	Name of the TCPClient class. Defaults to the property tcp.handler, failing that TCPClientImpl.
ServerName or IP	No	Name or IP of TCP server
Port Number	No	Port to be used
Re-use connection	Yes	If selected, the connection is kept open. Otherwise it is closed when the data has been read.
Close connection	Yes	If selected, the connection will be closed after running the sampler.
SO_LINGER	No	Enable/disable SO_LINGER with the specified linger time in seconds when a socket is created. If you set “SO_LINGER” value as 0, you may prevent large numbers of sockets sitting around with a TIME_WAIT status.
End of line(EOL) byte value	No	Byte value for end of line, set this to a value outside the range -128 to +127 to skip EOL checking. You may set this in jmeter.properties file as well with the tcp.eolByte property. If you set this in TCP Sampler Config and in jmeter.properties file at the same time, the setting value in the TCP Sampler Config will be used.
Connect Timeout	No	Connect Timeout (milliseconds, 0 disables).
Response Timeout	No	Response Timeout (milliseconds, 0 disables).
Set Nodelay	No	Should the nodelay property be set?
Text to Send	No	Text to be sent

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