[c-nsp] 100 meg throughput

[David J. Hughes]

Just to state the obvious, but you could always set a 30 second 
load-interval on the interface and have a closer look at the average 
traffic load.


David
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On 15/12/2005, at 12:27 PM, Paul Stewart wrote:

> 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.
>
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