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From: "Ian McDonald" <ian.mcdonald@jandi.co.nz>
To: "Majumder, Rajib" <rajib.majumder@credit-suisse.com>
Cc: "Rick Jones" <rick.jones2@hp.com>,
	"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: UDP Out 0f Sequence
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:59:05 +1200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5640c7e00609202059p74c1c653t8a97fb873915f5d@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <F444CAE5E62A714C9F45AA292785BED30EB97599@esng11p33001.sg.csfb.com>

On 9/21/06, Majumder, Rajib <rajib.majumder@credit-suisse.com> wrote:
> Does this mean if we have 2 hosts connected back to back (there's no network device in between), sequence is guaranteed even in UDP?
>
I think if you're trying to make the packets appear in order you need
to untie the Gordian knot http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordian_Knot

In other words you should fix the application rather than the near
impossible task of trying to make the packets in order...

Ian
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Ian McDonald
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WAND Network Research Group
Department of Computer Science
University of Waikato
New Zealand

  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-09-21  3:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-09-21  2:50 UDP Out 0f Sequence Majumder, Rajib
2006-09-21  3:51 ` David Miller
2006-09-21  3:59 ` Ian McDonald [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-09-21  3:55 Majumder, Rajib
2006-09-21 16:42 ` Rick Jones
2007-09-28 17:22   ` Randy Macleod
2006-09-20  7:13 Majumder, Rajib
2006-09-20 13:43 ` kc
2006-09-20 16:47 ` Rick Jones

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