Typical packet is around 500 bytes
average.
Not sure that's really the case. I have the impression the traffic is basically something like:
- close to 1500 bytes (data transfers)
- between 40-100 bytes (TCP acks, simple UDP requests, etc.)
- something in between
It helps to take a more sophisticated view of things. In typical networks: Most of the packet-count is to be found in small packets. Most of the byte-count is to be found in large packets.
Some things (e.g. routing) depend mainly on the packet-count. Other things (e.g. encryption, layer-1 hardware requirements, memory bandwidth usage, ISP contracts) are sensitive to the byte-count.
We shouldn't optimize one at the expense of the other.
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