I have recently started troubleshooting an issue and client is suspecting re-transmissions based on the below capture, I am not sure why the data packets are repeating over and over for multiple times with same sequence numbers.
It would be a great help if someone can explain the sequence pattern, so far I have noticed SYN, SYN+ACK and ACK has completed the Push is initiated and then the data is passing but in the data I have collected from ASA capture, the data is repeated between source and destination with out any increment in the sequence and this is what client is suspecting as re-transmissions.
So please explain if any one knows about that and if it's normal and why the packets are repeating with out incrementing the sequence.
18: 15:35:37.335569 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.4.5.6.58840 > 10.10.11.13.80: S 3156301611:3156301611(0) win 8192 <mss 1460,nop,wscale 8,nop,nop,sackOK>
19: 15:35:37.335965 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.10.11.13.80 > 10.4.5.6.58840: S 2634177356:2634177356(0) ack 3156301612 win 8192 <mss 1380,nop,wscale 8,nop,nop,sackOK>
20: 15:35:37.341580 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.4.5.6.58840 > 10.10.11.13.80: . ack 2634177357 win 258
23: 15:35:38.348538 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.4.5.6.58840 > 10.10.11.13.80: . 3156301611:3156301612(1) ack 2634177357 win 258
24: 15:35:38.348813 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.10.11.13.80 > 10.4.5.6.58840: . ack 3156301612 win 512 <nop,nop,sack sack 1 {3156301611:3156301612} >
27: 15:35:39.363003 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.4.5.6.58840 > 10.10.11.13.80: . 3156301611:3156301612(1) ack 2634177357 win 258
28: 15:35:39.363262 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.10.11.13.80 > 10.4.5.6.58840: . ack 3156301612 win 512 <nop,nop,sack sack 1 {3156301611:3156301612} >
31: 15:35:39.910338 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.4.5.6.58840 > 10.10.11.13.80: P 3156301612:3156301691(79) ack 2634177357 win 258
32: 15:35:39.921552 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.10.11.13.80 > 10.4.5.6.58840: . ack 3156301691 win 511
33: 15:35:39.996332 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.10.11.13.80 > 10.4.5.6.58840: P 2634177357:2634177412(55) ack 3156301691 win 511
34: 15:35:40.205586 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.4.5.6.58840 > 10.10.11.13.80: . ack 2634177412 win 258
37: 15:35:41.000976 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.4.5.6.58840 > 10.10.11.13.80: . 3156301690:3156301691(1) ack 2634177412 win 258
38: 15:35:41.001281 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.10.11.13.80 > 10.4.5.6.58840: . ack 3156301691 win 511 <nop,nop,sack sack 1 {3156301690:3156301691} >
41: 15:35:42.014495 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.4.5.6.58840 > 10.10.11.13.80: . 3156301690:3156301691(1) ack 2634177412 win 258
42: 15:35:42.014708 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.10.11.13.80 > 10.4.5.6.58840: . ack 3156301691 win 511 <nop,nop,sack sack 1 {3156301690:3156301691} >
45: 15:35:43.028379 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.4.5.6.58840 > 10.10.11.13.80: . 3156301690:3156301691(1) ack 2634177412 win 258
46: 15:35:43.028685 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.10.11.13.80 > 10.4.5.6.58840: . ack 3156301691 win 511 <nop,nop,sack sack 1 {3156301690:3156301691} >
49: 15:35:44.042966 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.4.5.6.58840 > 10.10.11.13.80: . 3156301690:3156301691(1) ack 2634177412 win 258
50: 15:35:44.043225 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.10.11.13.80 > 10.4.5.6.58840: . ack 3156301691 win 511 <nop,nop,sack sack 1 {3156301690:3156301691} >
53: 15:35:45.056485 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.4.5.6.58840 > 10.10.11.13.80: . 3156301690:3156301691(1) ack 2634177412 win 258
54: 15:35:45.056744 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.10.11.13.80 > 10.4.5.6.58840: . ack 3156301691 win 511 <nop,nop,sack sack 1 {3156301690:3156301691} >
57: 15:35:46.071010 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.4.5.6.58840 > 10.10.11.13.80: . 3156301690:3156301691(1) ack 2634177412 win 258
58: 15:35:46.071254 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.10.11.13.80 > 10.4.5.6.58840: . ack 3156301691 win 511 <nop,nop,sack sack 1 {3156301690:3156301691} >
61: 15:35:47.084849 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.4.5.6.58840 > 10.10.11.13.80: . 3156301690:3156301691(1) ack 2634177412 win 258
62: 15:35:47.085093 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.10.11.13.80 > 10.4.5.6.58840: . ack 3156301691 win 511 <nop,nop,sack sack 1 {3156301690:3156301691} >
65: 15:35:48.098551 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.4.5.6.58840 > 10.10.11.13.80: . 3156301690:3156301691(1) ack 2634177412 win 258
66: 15:35:48.098826 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.10.11.13.80 > 10.4.5.6.58840: . ack 3156301691 win 511 <nop,nop,sack sack 1 {3156301690:3156301691} >
69: 15:35:49.113107 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.4.5.6.58840 > 10.10.11.13.80: . 3156301690:3156301691(1) ack 2634177412 win 258
70: 15:35:49.113366 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.10.11.13.80 > 10.4.5.6.58840: . ack 3156301691 win 511 <nop,nop,sack sack 1 {3156301690:3156301691} >
73: 15:35:50.126610 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.4.5.6.58840 > 10.10.11.13.80: . 3156301690:3156301691(1) ack 2634177412 win 258
74: 15:35:50.126839 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.10.11.13.80 > 10.4.5.6.58840: . ack 3156301691 win 511 <nop,nop,sack sack 1 {3156301690:3156301691} >
77: 15:35:51.141136 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.4.5.6.58840 > 10.10.11.13.80: . 3156301690:3156301691(1) ack 2634177412 win 258
78: 15:35:51.141426 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.10.11.13.80 > 10.4.5.6.58840: . ack 3156301691 win 511 <nop,nop,sack sack 1 {3156301690:3156301691} >
81: 15:35:52.154655 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.4.5.6.58840 > 10.10.11.13.80: . 3156301690:3156301691(1) ack 2634177412 win 258
82: 15:35:52.154929 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.10.11.13.80 > 10.4.5.6.58840: . ack 3156301691 win 511 <nop,nop,sack sack 1 {3156301690:3156301691} >
85: 15:35:53.169180 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.4.5.6.58840 > 10.10.11.13.80: . 3156301690:3156301691(1) ack 2634177412 win 258
86: 15:35:53.169531 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.10.11.13.80 > 10.4.5.6.58840: . ack 3156301691 win 511 <nop,nop,sack sack 1 {3156301690:3156301691} >
89: 15:35:54.182989 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.4.5.6.58840 > 10.10.11.13.80: . 3156301690:3156301691(1) ack 2634177412 win 258
90: 15:35:54.185323 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.10.11.13.80 > 10.4.5.6.58840: . ack 3156301691 win 511 <nop,nop,sack sack 1 {3156301690:3156301691} >
91: 15:35:54.495732 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.4.5.6.58840 > 10.10.11.13.80: P 3156301691:3156301756(65) ack 2634177412 win 258
92: 15:35:54.506489 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.10.11.13.80 > 10.4.5.6.58840: . 2634177412:2634178792(1380) ack 3156301756 win 511
93: 15:35:54.506504 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.10.11.13.80 > 10.4.5.6.58840: P 2634178792:2634179400(608) ack 3156301756 win 511
94: 15:35:54.729286 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.4.5.6.58840 > 10.10.11.13.80: . ack 2634178792 win 258
97: 15:35:55.307723 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.10.11.13.80 > 10.4.5.6.58840: P 2634178792:2634179400(608) ack 3156301756 win 511
98: 15:35:55.524280 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.4.5.6.58840 > 10.10.11.13.80: . ack 2634179400 win 256
101: 15:35:56.320295 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.4.5.6.58840 > 10.10.11.13.80: . 3156301755:3156301756(1) ack 2634179400 win 256
102: 15:35:56.320555 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.10.11.13.80 > 10.4.5.6.58840: . ack 3156301756 win 511 <nop,nop,sack sack 1 {3156301755:3156301756} >
105: 15:35:57.333860 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.4.5.6.58840 > 10.10.11.13.80: . 3156301755:3156301756(1) ack 2634179400 win 256
106: 15:35:57.334226 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.10.11.13.80 > 10.4.5.6.58840: . ack 3156301756 win 511 <nop,nop,sack sack 1 {3156301755:3156301756} >
112: 15:35:58.348370 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.4.5.6.58840 > 10.10.11.13.80: . 3156301755:3156301756(1) ack 2634179400 win 256
113: 15:35:58.348660 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.10.11.13.80 > 10.4.5.6.58840: . ack 3156301756 win 511 <nop,nop,sack sack 1 {3156301755:3156301756} >
116: 15:35:59.361935 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.4.5.6.58840 > 10.10.11.13.80: . 3156301755:3156301756(1) ack 2634179400 win 256
117: 15:35:59.362224 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.10.11.13.80 > 10.4.5.6.58840: . ack 3156301756 win 511 <nop,nop,sack sack 1 {3156301755:3156301756} >
120: 15:36:00.375590 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.4.5.6.58840 > 10.10.11.13.80: . 3156301755:3156301756(1) ack 2634179400 win 256
121: 15:36:00.375850 802.1Q VLAN#3506 P0 10.10.11.13.80 > 10.4.5.6.58840: . ack 3156301756 win 511 <nop,nop,sack sack 1 {3156301755:3156301756} >
How to explain the above logs???