North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: fractional gigabit ethernet links?
On Mon, 15 Jul 2002 22:48:12 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) Alex Rubenstein <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > I'm trying to troubleshoot a problem with a fractional (311 mbit/second) > gigabit-ethernet line provided to me by a metro access provider. > Specifically, it is riding a gig-e port of a 15454. > > The behavior we are seeing is an occasional loss of packets, adding up to > a few percent. When doing a cisco-type ping across the link, we were > seeing a consistent 3 to 4 percent loss. > Over what averaging time ? Could this be an example of the "65 second problem", where the router stops dead for one or two seconds out of every 65 seconds ? Regards Marshall Eubanks > For fun, the provider brought it up to 622 mbit/second, and loss dropped > considerably, but still hangs at about 1 to 2 percent. > > There is no question in my mind the issue is with the line, as we've done > a wide variety of tests to rule out the local equipment (MSFC2s, FYI). > > Any clues would be exceptional. > > > > -- Alex Rubenstein, AR97, K2AHR, [email protected], latency, Al Reuben -- > -- Net Access Corporation, 800-NET-ME-36, http://www.nac.net -- > >
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