[6944] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Questions about Internet Packet Losses
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex.Bligh)
Tue Jan 14 04:02:43 1997
To: Tony Li <tli@jnx.com>
cc: metcalfe@infoworld.com (Bob Metcalfe), nanog@merit.edu
In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 13 Jan 1997 14:00:33 PST."
<199701132200.OAA22389@chimp.jnx.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 08:59:44 +0000
From: "Alex.Bligh" <amb@xara.net>
tli@jnx.com said:
> - fixed host stacks. Using the full MTU would be a boon. Recent data
> indicates that >40% of the packets out there are 40 bytes.
One of the nice things about proxy servers and web caches is
they mask end user host stack inadequacy, and thus (I allege)
tend to increase MTUs and encourage better network utilization
(in additional to the normal benefits of caching).
Isn't it unsurpsrising that >40% of packets are small? ACKs?
Alex Bligh
Xara Networks
