Experimental Analysis of IPv6 Tunneling of Jumbo Frame Transmission using Mikrotik Routers

Abstract

In the network testing method, the use of jumbo frames that are applied in tunneling media poses problems if the communication between two points requires a large bandwidth. This paper discusses the analysis of sending jumbo frame packets that are passed through an IPv6-based tunnel using multiple Mikrotik Routers in an actual environment. The test was carried out using two different operating system platforms, i.e. Windows and Linux, by passing jumbo frame packets on an IPv6-based tunnel network using a traffic generator on a Mikrotik Router and having to go through an intermediate router. Jperf/Iperf is used for sending large and continuous data to meet the entire bandwidth capacity and to measure throughput in a network connection. The test results without using a tunnel show that a connection using MTU 4000 produces the largest throughput and takes 0.01 seconds slower, but with a throughput result that is greater than MTU 1500 bytes and MTU 9000. The packets lost when testing MTU 4000 bytes are only experienced once. In the test using tunneling, MTU 4000 produces large throughput by requiring a slightly faster transmission time of 0.01 seconds compared to MTU 1500 but there is no packet loss compared to MTU 1500 and MTU 9000. These results indicate that by using jumbo frames, the best throughput for interconnection between Windows and Linux in IPv6 tunneling based on Mikrotik Router is achieved by an MTU of 4000 bytes.