just for my own info.. what did you do to drop your
retrans rate from 37% to single digits?
>>>lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 01/17/06 10:51 pm >>>
* hbae@xxxxxxxxxx [2006.01.17 21:36]:
>On 06:15 PM 1/16/2006, Sean Cook wrote:
>>I've got a question with regard to TCP retransmission. What is a
>>typical acceptable standard (% of packets transmitted)?
>
>
>There really is no "typical acceptable" number. Some applications
break with less than 0.5% retransmission rate, and others do fine with
up to 3% packet loss (meaning packets will be retransmitted.) It also
depends on whether your users are complaining or not.
>
>Ideally, there should be no retransmissions in a private network. But
of course, in the real world, you will see some retransmissions due to
smaller WAN pipes, queue starvation, etc.
>
>What is it that you are troubleshooting?
I am very grateful for the reply. I'm looking on the inside of a
firewall between a device that acts as a gateway for mobile devices
connected to the Internet for GSM/GPRS.
Mobile Devices <-> GGSN <..trace here..> Firewall <-> Internet
I'm seeing anywhere from 4%-7% retransmission down from 37% ... I still
want to clean this up, but wanted to get "ideal" and "real world"
numbers before setting my goals.
Cheers,
Sean
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