y 25, 2000 9:10 PM
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Subject: Re: Average Ethernet packet length
>There are no good, current studies on LAN behavior that I've seen.
>There have been a number of papers on WAN behavior. The usual result
>of those is that ~40-50% of packets are about 40-44 byte
< said:
> There are no good, current studies on LAN behavior that I've seen.
However, many LAN switches can provide this information to a
management process. With high-speed networks, this may be the only
way to get information on LAN behavior.
For example, incoming packets on one interface
>There are no good, current studies on LAN behavior that I've seen.
>There have been a number of papers on WAN behavior. The usual result
>of those is that ~40-50% of packets are about 40-44 bytes, but most of
>the bytes are carried by packets of ~500-576 or 1500 bytes.
>
> --St
Also some good stats at www.caida.org
- paul
At 09:08 PM 05/25/2000 -0400, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> >> A recent thread suggested something interesting - an average Ethernet/IP
> >> packet length of 500 bytes. Has there been any work done in the area of
> >> finding average packet lengths, b
In message , Timothy Behne writ
es:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> A recent thread suggested something interesting - an average Ethernet/IP
>> packet length of 500 bytes. Has there been any work done in the area of
>> finding average packet lengths, bandwidth usag
Title: RE: Average Ethernet packet length
I saw an article a while back that showed spikes at 64 bytes (TCP handshake, increased with web growth), 590 bytes (576 byte min mtu), and 1518 bytes (Ethernet max). This was a few years old. I don't know if it listed an average. I'll try
> Hi,
>
> A recent thread suggested something interesting - an average Ethernet/IP
> packet length of 500 bytes. Has there been any work done in the area of
> finding average packet lengths, bandwidth usage, etc. of typical (read:
> unknown) networks? Are there any "rules of thumb" values that