[c-nsp] RE: 3750G ICMP echo/ICMP time exceeded treatment (was RE: [c-nsp]3750Gpacket loss)

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 10:19:50AM +0100, Ed Butler - RapidSwitch wrote:
> However, when you increase the rate these are generated, you can see some
> clear kind of throttling occurring. Below there are clumps of error
> messages; I assume that the 3750 is sending a prescribed number of errors
> before stopping, then its counters reset and it is allowed to send the
> errors again.

"rate limiting" is the word that people have been mentioning in this
thread, and this is exactly what is happening.

It's the switch's job to move packet around, not to talk to people - and
that's the way its priorities are organized.

gert

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