14 Nov
1997
14 Nov
'97
3:50 p.m.
From my experience, I have yet to see it give realistic numbers on OC3 and OC12 circuits.
Ex-Support Wench writes:
What do y'all think of pathchar *as it is now*? How reliable is it for determining actual _available bandwidth_? I thought according to VJ, CAIDA, Cisco and even the NSF it was "way-alpha"?
Steve Blair wrote:
well, one could get Van Jacobson's pathchar, and learn the true capacity that way. I could care less what *theoretical bandwidth* is available, when customers complain. I want to know what bandwidth *is available*, and pathchar goes a very long way towards that end.