From: Ellen K. 

This is our company network.   Is there a standard acceptable percentage
of lost packets for a company network?   How many packets have to get
lost before data problems happen?   How many packets have to get lost
for anything to be perceivable by users?

On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 13:20:40 -0400, "Frank Haber"
 wrote in message :

>Some benchmarks for your packet-loss crusade:
>
>o Local segment: What Geo. said; very few dropped.
>
>o Through traffic-throttling boxes: ask he who controls said boxen.
>
>o Commercial-grade service guarantee from ISP, to local sites (on the ISPs
>spine) - 2% max.  Via the public internet - 5%, if they'll risk a guarantee at
>all.
>
>o Typical on the net in Asia, on a bad day - 20%.

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