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Re: Comparing an old flow snapshot with some packet size data

Paul Ferguson <pferguso@cisco.com> Thu, 08 August 1996 20:45 UTC

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Date: Thu, 08 Aug 1996 16:26:22 -0400
To: Andrew Partan <asp@partan.com>
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From: Paul Ferguson <pferguso@cisco.com>
Subject: Re: Comparing an old flow snapshot with some packet size data
Cc: jhawk@bbnplanet.com, kwe@6sigmanets.com, big-internet@munnari.oz.au
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Well, one would think that the answer hinges on the life-expectancy
of FDDI, as opposed to higher-speed media (giagbit-ethernet?)....

- paul

At 03:58 PM 8/8/96 -0400, Andrew Partan wrote:

>This is all interesting stuff.
>
>One question that I have been trying to figure out is 
>	What size MTU should an ISP support on its backbone?
>
>If we view the future where lots of hosts are connected via ethernet
>and fast ethernet & the like, then a MTU of 1500 would be 'correct'.
>
>If we think that the future will have lots of hosts connected via
>Fddi or similar, then a MTU of 4470 would be 'better'.
>
>Any ideas?
>	--asp@partan.com (Andrew Partan)
>

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