[hinkley]

Periodic background traffic like DHCP and background noise causing packet loss.

You can’t run a queue at 100% and have any expectations of latency. In fact the rule of thumb from queueing theory is 50% to avoid latency spikes.

[kristjansson]

I mean it's not that hard to eliminate all other traffic on a closed network like that, at least where there's millions of dollars at stake.

Must be nice to open Wireshark and see _nothing_.

[hinkley]

That would be highly uninteresting to the rest of us don’t you think?