Drops in Core

[bill at herrin.us (William Herrin)]

On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 12:47 PM, Glen Kent <glen.kent at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is it fair to say that most traffic drops happen in the access layers, or
> the first and the last miles, and the % of packet drops in the core are
> minimal? So, if the packet has made it past the first mile and has
> "entered" the core then chances are high that the packet will safely get
> across till the exit in the core.

Hi Glen,

I would expect congestion loss at enough peering points (center of the
core) to put it in the same league as noisy cable at the edge.

Regards,
Bill Herrin



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