[c-nsp] 100 meg throughput

[Paul Stewart]

Thanks for all the responses....

When it gets over 80 meg it doesn't make it much further... Haven't been
sure yet whether the traffic just isn't there, or if it's flatlining the
connection... Either way, I'm making the assumption that 80 is the max
on a 100 meg connection **based** on 5 minute averages... It seems like
a safe bet in my opinion...

Paul
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Cappuccio [mailto:chris at nmedia.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 7:43 PM
To: Eric Andrews
Cc: Paul Stewart; cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] 100 meg throughput

Eric Andrews [eric.m.andrews at gmail.com] wrote:
> 
> it depends on the configuration of the interface, the packet size, and

> what it's connected to. what happens after 80Mbps?
> 

If your 5 minute average shows that your pipe is at 80% utilization,
then it's likely that you are actually spiking at 100% at which times
you are dropping packets and providing a lower quality service.