question re RED [7:51650]

When RED is running on an interface, do packets get dropped before being put into the queue (at the tail, based on ave queue size, etc) or do they get dropped when they reach the head of the queue? Is there any difference in when packets are dropped when WRED is being used (instead of RED)? Than

RE: question re RED [7:51650]

bergenpeak wrote: > > When RED is running on an interface, do packets get dropped > before being put into the queue (at the tail, based on ave > queue size, etc) or do they get dropped when they reach the > head of the queue? Incoming packets get dropped before being queued, based on the average

Re: question re RED [7:51650]

Hi Priscilla, Thanks much for the response and the RFC reference. Would one still consider a vendor's implementation to be "RED" (compliant with RFC 2309) if packets at the head of the queue are dropped instead of at the tail? Thanks again. Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: > > bergenpeak wrote:

Re: question re RED [7:51650]

bergenpeak wrote: > > Hi Priscilla, > > Thanks much for the response and the RFC reference. Would one > still > consider a vendor's implementation to be "RED" (compliant with > RFC 2309) > if packets at the head of the queue are dropped instead of at > the tail? Well, I don't see any use of th