Sleep Mode & Small Packets
1. Does the TL-45 and Giga radios have a sleep mode or drop connection if they don't see traffic?
2. How do they handle small packets, like pings or snmp. Is there a trick to optimizing the Ethernet settings?
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Bill, neither the TL45 nor licensed series products will drop the connection or go to sleep without any traffic present. It is possible on the newer licensed radios to setup a threshold to disable the Ethernet port if the Ethernet traffic drops below a certain level (although quite honestly I haven't seen anyone doing this).
The TL45 is going to be somewhat limited in how many packets per second it can process, so the throughput for smaller packets is going to be drastically reduced. At the max speed it is 3-5 Mbps off the top of my head.
The Giga is not going to be so limited, but by nature of IFG and other Ethernet features smaller packets have a lower throughput when measured at layer 2. To get an idea of the throughput for different packet sizes, please see the Egress Margin FAQ. This assumes the maximum speed (80/qam256), but should give you enough information to get an idea of the throughput on lower modulations and with smaller bandwidths.
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