On 4/23/2015 9:27 AM, Templin, Fred L wrote: ... >> Probe success tells you only that. Probe loss tells you only that. >> >> IP allows loss, so strictly there's no reason to shut a tunnel down due >> to loss. Burst lost or patterns of loss might be undesirable, but >> they're allowed by IP. >> >> However, it might be useful to note that probe success isn't the only >> issue; that probe loss over 1% might be considered problematic (using >> the typical performance needed for 'reasonable' TCP progress). > > That is fine, but the troubling condition is when the tunnel ingress > successfully probes for 1280 (or 1500) but that same probe would > have failed if it travelled along a different path.
I repeat: Probe success tells you only that. Probe loss tells you only that. What "would have" happened is irrelevant. Joe _______________________________________________ Int-area mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/int-area
