RE: Ethernet Characteristics re: packet loss
The 40% utilization characteristics reminds me of coax medium. I do not
think
it is true of full duplex media, unless I am missing the context some how.
Regards,
Devendra Tripathi
VidyaWeb, Inc
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> Subject: Ethernet Characteristics re: packet loss
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> I have a quick question.... someone made a statement that it is a
> characteristic that once you go above 40% LAN capability, the you
> will begin
> to lose packets. This doesn't seem to hold water with me. I recently
> performed a test whereby we injected packets at 100%, 75%, 50%,
> 25% 10% & 5%
> network capability. We had 2 laptops, 1 desktop (PIII dual processor), a
> LAN Analyzer, and a SmartBits 200 generator -- at 100% both the
> laptops 40%
> of the packets we were sending -- the desktop captured 70% --- in
> both cases
> the application running on the platforms was using 100% of the processing
> time. -- my suspicion is that this is where the packets are being
> loss -- in
> the processing arena.
>
> Can you shed any light on this?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Tony Stout
> JITC
> Information Systems Test Director
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