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Re: Testing LFNs


From: "Ricky Beam" <jfbeam () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 06 May 2009 16:38:19 -0400

On Wed, 06 May 2009 11:17:09 -0400, David Andersen <dga () cs cmu edu> wrote:
Or test with UDP and blast as fast as you can so that you're not
seeing TCP weirdness.

That's the best option... spew packets. Just make sure they are as large as possible without needing fragmentation.

And if your setup can support it, set the ethernet MTUs to match the serial interface (4470). Not that PPS should be an issue -- even an ancient NPE150 should be able to process switch enough packets to flood a T3.


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