A networking device handles packets. That indirectly mean they are performance wise bound by the number of packets per second it manages to handle. For example the IP routing task within a router takes the same amount of time regardless the packet size.
When calculating how many Mbps a device manages to forward *under all circumstances*, take the pps number and multiply it with 512 (64 byte * 8 bits/byte) and you will have the bps number. Of course can you do the math the other way around as Mikael writes. -- Pelle (sorry about the top-posting, I'm on a mobile device) On 10 Oct 2010 05:25, "jack daniels" <jckdaniel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi guys, > > I'm always confused with the use of MPPS . > > I understand Mpps is million packets per second. > > But if customer asks me he has 10G traffic in and 10G traffic out . > > Now whie planning for card and device whats practical use of MPPS. > > Regards > _______________________________________________ > cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/