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In article <4978@cluster.cs.su.oz.au>, jont@cs.su.oz (Jonathon Tidswell) writes:
|> It seems that large packets are getting lost between nsw.gw and act.gw

Yes, I know ... small packets (100 bytes) have about 85-90% succes rate.

|> I dont expect large packets to be as fast or as reliable as smaller packets
|> but is a 50-75% loss on packets of 500 bytes reasonable ?

No it is totally unacceptable (and so is 85-90% for small packets).

This is a known problem that was first reported yesterday. The problem
appears to be the high speed modems that terminates the Canberra end of
2Mb link to Sydney, for which a replacement is expected tomorrow some time
after 9:30 ...

|> What is the maximum packet size for the sydney canberra link ?

1500 bytes.

|> Equally what is the optimal packet size ? ( the maximum ? )

Normally 1500 bytes. Right now, much less (unfortunately).

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