Packet Loss Impact
Free Packet Loss Impact calculator with clear step-by-step results.
About Packet Loss Impact
Every lost packet costs a retry, multiplying the effective overhead.
Formula
Formula
Effective loss amplifies with retries
Worked example
With the default values below, Packet Loss Impact returns Effective Send Rate of 98.0. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.
Inputs used
- Loss (%)accepts 0–100
- 2
- Packets sentminimum 1
- 1,000
- Retries per lost packetaccepts 1–20
- 2
Results
- Effective Send Rate
- 98.0
- Packets Lost
- 20.00
- Effective Loss
- 1.96%
Step by step
- 1Values used
- 2Formula
- 3Effective Send Rate= 98.0
- 4Packets Lost= 20
- 5Effective Loss= 1.96
Assumptions and limits
- The result is derived only from the 3 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
- In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax, fees or charges or compounding frequency into account.
- Figures are rounded for display to 2 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.
How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does this calculator work?
Every lost packet costs a retry, multiplying the effective overhead.
Why does this matter?
Packet loss is especially costly for real-time traffic.