[ns] regarding buffer sizes in routers

Ethan Giordano giordano at cis.udel.edu
Fri Mar 10 10:27:09 PST 2006


In looking at the code in drop_tail.cc, I see that the limit_ variable, 
which is the size of the queue in packets, is then really just 
multiplied by mean_pktsize_ to generate a value in bytes.

After tracking it down, mean_pktsize_ is set to 500.

I am wondering why this particular value was chosen, as well as what a 
common value should be for limit_ (the default is 50).

Any input/discussion would be welcome,

~Ethan



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