On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 12:31 PM,  <[email protected]> wrote:
> Tim,
>
> Assuming the Rx counters on your side(s) are all zeros, then we could move to 
> consider perhaps their equipment has a layer 1.5 or PLCP issue -- failing to 
> transport small and non-line-rate frames could be related to:

What is PLCP?

> -slightly broken Rx pll or ifg detection in their rx path; whereby it locks 
> "better" for longer/more frequent payloads than it will for small.
>
> -"near Rx threshold condition" at the receiver on either side of your link, 
> whereby FEC and block interleave codes "fail" with smaller frames, but can 
> operate with larger, low entropy data.

That's the kind of information I'm looking for.

> Since this case is so odd, I also suggest you try ping with more "random" 
> data -- ascii doesn't really involve that many bits in each byte. Perhaps 
> this can tease out further detail after testing whether payload content has 
> any bearing on success.

Having a hard time coming up with a convincing test, especially with
test sets targetted at linerate rather than low bitrate tests. Haven't
tried varying patterns yet. Maybe that will turn something over.

Thanks,

-- 
Tim:>
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