[e2e] Fundamental Questions about Router Queue in High Speed IP Networks

[RJ Atkinson]

At 12:21 24/08/01, Vos, E.W. wrote:
>Thanx for this question. I was also wondering why buffer sizes are so small
>(as I understand, Cisco advises 50 packets, independant of link speed).

        As near as I can tell, most large well-run ISPs have roughly
(Trans-Pacific RTT ms * max interface line rate) of packet buffer
on each core router interface, in order to handle transient conditions.

Ran
rja at inet.org