[c-nsp] packet drop due ti CAR (rate-limit)

[Oliver Boehmer (oboehmer)]

Muhammad Farooq <> wrote on Monday, October 13, 2008 9:37 AM:

> Hi,
> 
> we are having packet drops issue due to rate limit on fastethernet of
> 3845 router. We are using dot1q on that interface. If we remove
> rate-limit then packet drop issue solves. Please note that with
> increase in rate limit packet drop interval also increases and it
> make a pattern. Output of show interface is pasted below. Running IOS
> of router is c3845-advipservicesk9-mz.123-14.T7.bin and interface
> utilization is not more that 35%      
> 
> interface FastEthernet3/0
> no ip address
> load-interval 30
> duplex full
> speed 100

can you show some iterations of "show int rate-limit" (best after "clear
counter") Please bear in mind that TCP traffic can be very bursty and
CAR/rate-limit can drop these bursts.. 

	oli