Hello,
I have been trying to use the technique to determine packet
loss (ingress or egress) based off of TCP retransmissions.
I wrote a script that looks at the retransmission SEQ
numbers and determines how many retransmitted packets had multiple occurrences of
the SEQ, and how many were only seen once. If the SEQ of the
retransmitted packet was seen more than once, then the loss was on the egress
side of the measurement point (and conversely for SEQs seen only once).
So far with experimentation, I have had varied success and
suspect that the detection scheme also depends on factors such as window size,
latency, etc.
Anyone else have experience or suggestions with this
technique?
Thanks,
Barry