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RFC 2784:   https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2784

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https://www.juniper.net/documentation/en_US/junos/topics/topic-map/switches-interface-gre.html



In Layer 2 service


Code Block
titleGRE
max MTU 1514

L2 header=14 Bytes
IP header= 20 Bytes
GRE header= 4 Bytes ( or 8Bytes:  +4Bytes for options like checksum)
L2 customer packet: 1514- 38 = 1476 bytes         

Total= 38 Bytes of L2 overhead
Ratio: 42/1514 = 2.8%




In Layer 3 service


Code Block
titleL3 services
L2 header=14 Bytes
IP header= 20 Bytes
GRE header= 4 Bytes  ( or 8Bytes:  +4Bytes for options like checksum)
L3 customer Header packet: 1514 - 38 = 1476 bytes 

Total= 24 Bytes of L2 overhead
Ratio: 24/1514 = 1.6%