North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Phantom packet loss is being shown when using pathping in connection with asynchronous routing - although there is no real loss.
On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 12:49:04PM -0700, Joe Abley wrote: > On 7-Jun-2006, at 12:35, Joseph S D Yao wrote: > > >I can't tell you what is going on. But I can ask, (a) why are you > >doing > >asymmetrical routing in the first place? > > For any non-trivial path, it seems to me that asymmetry in forward > and return paths is normal. Symmetrical paths are the exception. > > From another angle, how can anybody hope to ensure that all forward > and return paths are identical when the only exit under their control > is the one on the outbound path, at their own border? > > Joe If this is for their customers, it wasn't clear that the path went outside their zone of control. I did wonder. -- Joe Yao ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This message is not an official statement of OSIS Center policies.
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