Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] TCP segment of reassembled PDU

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From: Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 18:12:41 +0200 (CEST)
Hi,

That means that something is transmitting huge TCP packets which have to
be segmented to pass through the IP network. If there are a lot, that may
explain the network slowdown. Maybe you can derive from the address en
port information which service of which device it is.

Thanx,
Jaap


On Tue, 4 Apr 2006, J Desrochers wrote:

> hello everyone,
>
> due to some network slowdown (slow login...)  i decided to sniff our network
> and see if i can get more information...
>
> during my capture i get tons of ///   [TCP segment of reassembled PDU] ///
>
> they are usually followed by lots of ACK
>
> what does it mean ?
> it is ok ?
>
> does it affect the network performance ?
>
> Thanks for your advice!
>
> Jerome
>
>
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