[183135] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Drops in Core
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Herrin)
Sat Aug 15 13:06:13 2015
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From: William Herrin <bill@herrin.us>
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2015 13:03:02 -0400
To: Glen Kent <glen.kent@gmail.com>
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On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 12:47 PM, Glen Kent <glen.kent@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is it fair to say that most traffic drops happen in the access layers, or
> the first and the last miles, and the % of packet drops in the core are
> minimal? So, if the packet has made it past the first mile and has
> "entered" the core then chances are high that the packet will safely get
> across till the exit in the core.
Hi Glen,
I would expect congestion loss at enough peering points (center of the
core) to put it in the same league as noisy cable at the edge.
Regards,
Bill Herrin
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