On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 12:57 AM, Daniel Migault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I tried to carefully to google and look at the tcpreplay wiki site but > could hardly find information about the meaning of "retried packet" in > tcpreplay results. > > I found in this message that kernels are sometime dropping packets and > can notify the application. > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=20031105013030.19867.qmail%40web13605.mail.yahoo.com > > > I would like to know if the "retried packets" number is counting the > number of time kernel is dropping packets. > > I am currently using Linux Debian 2.6.24-1-686 and > Thanks, >
[snip] > \# processing file: file.pcap > \# Actual: 5120395 packets (658752329 bytes) sent in 8084.26 seconds > \# Rated: 81485.8 bps, 0.62 Mbps/sec, 633.38 pps Retried packets are when tcpreplay tries to send the packet and the the kernel comes back with an error. So yes, the kernel is "dropping the packet" but is telling us. Now if you're only doing .62Mbps and getting retried packets, then you've got something really hosed with your setup- you should be able to do 100's of Mbps before seeing this kind of error on most hardware nowadays. -- Aaron Turner http://synfin.net/ http://tcpreplay.synfin.net/ - Pcap editing & replay tools for Unix They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -- Benjamin Franklin ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Tcpreplay-users mailing list Tcpreplay-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tcpreplay-users Support Information: http://tcpreplay.synfin.net/trac/wiki/Support
