On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:08:35 -0400, Axton wrote: >Dave, > >Unless you have a network that supports jumbo frames, all the data >sent over the network gets broken into 1500 or less bytes per packet. >There is no reason to use packets bigger than 1500 bytes unless you >want to test fragmentation/defragmentation at each of the end points. >For measuring throughput: firewalls are typically limited by packets >per second, not bytes per second, up to the bandwidth the links >support; switches typically have a fiber capacity measured in >throughput (bits).
Fair point - But at at *least* use 1500 rather than the default 56 - I have seen what I said happen many times. -- Regards Dave Saville _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
