The sender assigns a sequence number to each octet transmittet, and the receiver use these numbers to correctly order segments that are received out of order and to eliminate duplicates. Hth, Ole ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ole Drews Jensen Systems Network Manager CCNA, MCSE, MCP+I RWR Enterprises, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 10:55 PM > To: Ole Drews Jensen > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: TCP > > Pls. elaborate your point of view > Thanks in advance > Hitesh > > > > > > Ole Drews Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 07/18/2000 08:39:06 PM > > Please respond to Ole Drews Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: harora, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc: > Subject: RE: TCP > > > > > The receiver will look at the data and see that it has already received it > and drop it. > > Ole > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Ole Drews Jensen > Systems Network Manager > CCNA, MCSE, MCP+I > RWR Enterprises, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 8:26 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: TCP > > > > Hi all, > > > > Can anyone resolve my problem? My question is as follows: > > > > In a TCP connection, there is an acknowledgement between the sender and > > the > > reciever. The reciever sends the acknowledgement to the sender after the > > reception of the packets. The sender recieves the packet and further > sends > > the data. Now suppose the reciever's acknowledgement is dropped in > between > > i.e. the sender did not recieve any ack. The sender will re-transmit the > > data. But what will happen to the previous data which has been recieved > by > > the reciever. Suppose this happens for a no. of times, then the reciever > > will have the same data again and again. > > > > Pls. solve the mystery. > > > > Thanks in advance for ur thoughts. > > > > Cordially > > Hitesh > > CCNA > > > > > > ___________________________________ > > UPDATED Posting Guidelines: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/guide.html > > FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com > > Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ___________________________________ > UPDATED Posting Guidelines: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/guide.html > FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com > Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > ___________________________________ > UPDATED Posting Guidelines: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/guide.html > FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com > Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________ UPDATED Posting Guidelines: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/guide.html FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]