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Network Protocol Overhead

Here are some packet overhead numbers for a few popular protocols to help with doing bandwidth requirement calculations.  This may be another add-as-we-go post, so please comment with additions or corrections. Ethernet : 20 bytes Frame Relay : 4 – 6 bytes PPP : 6 bytes MLPPP: 10 bytes MPLS : 4 bytes IP : 20
jac Jan 10, 2011

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