[Oisf-users] Packet Loss

[Cooper F. Nelson]

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I'll second this.  Packet drops under 1% should be considered acceptable.

Isn't it also the case that packets could be dropped because they were
broken in some way.  E.g., missing a fragment or failing a checksum?

On 6/5/2014 11:49 AM, Peter Manev wrote:
> 
> Judging from your output of stats.log -
> 
> capture.kernel_packets    | RxPFReth1516              | 86380604
> capture.kernel_drops      | RxPFReth1516              | 195847
> 
> this is actually   - 0.22% loss..... for that particular thread. If
> all of them share the same result (with 22k rules) ... I would say you
> are doing quite alright.
> 


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Cooper Nelson
Network Security Analyst
UCSD ACT Security Team
cnelson at ucsd.edu x41042
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