[c-nsp] Re: Traffic Shaping packet loss

[Kanagaraj Krishna]

Hi guys,
            I have a setup with a Catalyst 2950 connected to a GigE port on 7206VXR. Sub-interfaces are configured on the GigE port for each VLAN (dot1Q) that are assigned to each port in 2950. To control the traffic, I've added the rate-limit command on the subinterface

rate-limit input 64000 2000 2000 conform-action transmit exceed-action drop
rate-limit output 64000 2000 2000 conform-action transmit exceed-action drop

It seems that when i do ping test, there are packet losses (even when the traffic is low). One thing I realised is that when the burst rate is increased, the packet loss decreases. Any idea on why this happens?

Regards,
Kana