[j-nsp] output drops

[Clayton Fiske]

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Hellberg" <Chris.Hellberg@telecom.co.nz>
> To: "Chee Chew" <cheechew@hotmail.com>; <juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net>
> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 10:04 AM
> Subject: RE: [j-nsp] output drops
> 
> 
> Hunt down the Kazaa users on your network and show no mercy.

File sharing isn't forbidden on everyone's network. I think as
an ISP I'd lose plenty of customers with such a policy.

> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chee Chew [mailto:cheechew@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 3:00 PM
> To: juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net
> Subject: [j-nsp] output drops
> 
> 
> Hello,
> I am encountering output packet drop incresing from 'monitor interface'.
> But according to juniper website, the explaination is as below.
> "Drops--Number of packets dropped by the output queue of the I/O Manager
> ASIC. If the interface is saturated, this number increments once for every
> packet that is dropped by the ASIC's RED mechanism."
> What should I do to eleminate this problem?


> Interface: t3-0/0/1, Enabled, Link is Up
> Encapsulation: Cisco-HDLC, Keepalives, Speed: T3
> Traffic statistics:                                           Current delta
>   Input bytes:                 5334956357 (14252600 bps)                [0]
>   Output bytes:               10999204424 (29350408 bps)             [7064]
>   Input packets:                 14272467 (4663 pps)                    [0]
>   Output packets:                19847871 (6481 pps)                   [20]

The short answer is, you probably need more bandwidth. Is your
peak utilization close to the maximum 45mbit/sec this interface
can pass? Your utilization is already at 29Mbits in this case.

-c