diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 47e08de..57c7a96 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ name = "bgbench"
 path = "src/main.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-chrono = "0.4.20"
-clap = { version = "3.2.16", features = ["derive"] }
-sysinfo = "0.25.1"
+chrono = "0.4"
+clap = { version = "3.2", features = ["derive"] }
+sysinfo = "0.25"
 
 [package.metadata.deb]
 depends = "fio"
diff --git a/src/benchmarks/network.rs b/src/benchmarks/network.rs
index 7080dc8..429dad7 100644
--- a/src/benchmarks/network.rs
+++ b/src/benchmarks/network.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-use chrono::prelude::*;
-use std::{fs,process};
+use std::process;
 
 use crate::text;
 
@@ -60,23 +59,20 @@ pub fn jitter_test(address: &str, count: &u16) {
 }
 
 // timed file copy test to guage bandwidth speeds
-pub fn bandwidth_test(download: &str, output: &str) {
-    println!("Testing network bandwidth by downloading {}.", download);
+pub fn bandwidth_test(host: &str) {
+    println!("Testing network bandwidth using iperf; connecting to {}.", host);
+    println!("{}", host);
 
-    // get start time so we can track how long it takes to complete
-    let start_time = Utc::now();
+    let output = process::Command::new("iperf3")
+        .arg("-c")
+        .arg(host)
+        .output()
+        .expect("Failed to execute command");
 
-    // do the download
+    // check that the command succeeded
+    assert!(output.status.success());
 
-    // get finish time
-    let finish_time = Utc::now();
-    // compute time to complete
-    let comp_time = finish_time - start_time;
-    println!("{}", comp_time.num_milliseconds());
-
-    // clean up the test file
-    match fs::remove_file(output) {
-        Ok(()) => println!("Cleaning up..."),
-        Err(e) => println!("There was a problem during cleanup - {}", e),
-    }
+    // grab and print the command's results
+    let results_raw = &String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout);
+    println!("{}", results_raw);
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index bdbc04c..57b9282 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -142,12 +142,10 @@ enum NetCommands {
     },
 
     // bandwidth test subcommand
-    #[clap(name = "bandwidth", about = "Downloads a remote file to determine network bandwidth.")]
+    #[clap(name = "bandwidth", about = "Uses iperf to test network bandwidth.")]
     Bandwidth {
-        #[clap(short = 'd', long, default_value_t = String::from("https://www.bitgoblin.tech/hardware-tests/export-01.mp4"))]
-        download: String,
-        #[clap(short = 't', long, default_value_t = String::from("/tmp/bw-test.tmp"))]
-        output: String,
+        #[clap(short = 'a', long, required = true)]
+        host: String,
     },
 }
 
@@ -206,10 +204,10 @@ fn main() {
                     benchmarks::network::jitter_test(address, count);
                 }
             },
-            NetCommands::Bandwidth { download, output } => {
+            NetCommands::Bandwidth { host } => {
                 for i in 0..cli.iterations {
                     println!("Test run number {}.", i + 1);
-                    benchmarks::network::bandwidth_test(download, output);
+                    benchmarks::network::bandwidth_test(host);
                 }
             },
         },