What Causes Jitter and Latency on the Multilink Bundle?

Problem—To test jitter and latency on a J-series device, I sent three streams of IP packets. All packets have the same IP precedence settings. After I configued LFI and CRTP, the latency increased even over a non-congested link. How can I reduce jitter and latency?

Solution—To reduce jitter and latency do the following:

1. Make sure that you have configured a shaping rate on each constituent link.
2. Make sure that you have not configured a shaping rate on the link services interface.
3. Make sure that the configured shaping rate value is equal to the physical interface bandwidth. For more information, see Applying Shaping Rates to Interfaces.
4. If shaping rates are configured correctly, and jitter still persists, contact the Juniper Networks Technical Assistance Center (JTAC). (See Requesting Technical Support.)

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