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Re: GigaRouter Latency?
From: Paul A Vixie <paul () vix com>
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 17:34:57 -0700
(1 ms is a _lot_ of time to route a packet).
Indeed. A full 10Mb/s Ethernet with minimum sized back to back packets has ~14200 packets per second. If every one of them is IP, that gives you 70us (.07ms) to handle the average one. Fortunately, most packets are not minimum sized. Unfortunately, most links are must faster than 10Mb/s. 1ms had best appear to be a great deal of time in any router on a modern network. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Current thread:
- GigaRouter Latency? Deepak Jain (Oct 19)
- Re: GigaRouter Latency? Nathan Stratton (Oct 19)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: GigaRouter Latency? Vadim Antonov (Oct 19)
- Re: GigaRouter Latency? Paul A Vixie (Oct 20)