UDP receiver getting more than the sender is sending .


Hi,

i am runnning iperf for some performance tests between two machines connected 
via a crossover cable. Strangle my UDP receiver ( 341 Mbps ) shows more 
Bandwidth then my sender ( 279 Mbps ).
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[jasapara --at-- node0 ~]$ ./iperf -c 10.1.4.2 -u -B 10.1.4.3 -b 280M -w 256K
------------------------------------------------------------
Client connecting to 10.1.4.2, UDP port 5001
Binding to local address 10.1.4.3
Sending 1470 byte datagrams
UDP buffer size:  256 KByte (WARNING: requested  256 KByte)
------------------------------------------------------------
[  5] local 10.1.4.3 port 32775 connected with 10.1.4.2 port 5001
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[  5]  0.0-10.0 sec   333 MBytes   279 Mbits/sec
[  5] Server Report:
[  5]  0.0- 8.2 sec   333 MBytes   341 Mbits/sec  0.082 ms  124/237342 (0.052%)
[  5]  0.0- 8.2 sec  19879 datagrams received out-of-order
[  5] Sent 237342 datagrams

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How is that possbile ?

Thanks
- Nirav.




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