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Wouldn't this cause lots of out-of-order packets?
by mdzn 5y ago
Wouldn't this cause lots of out-of-order packets?
- HALtheWise 5y agoYep, but IP doesn't provide an ordering guarantee at the link level anyway, and higher-level protocols have sequence numbers so they can reassemble things correctly. If those higher-level mechanisms aren't up for the task of handling lots of small reorderings, that would obviously be an issue.
- iforgotpassword 5y agoI guess so, if it's not exactly "one out, one in", that would constantly reorder packets. I think head-drop, like the article says is really the best trivial solution the more I think about it.