Re: [linux-audio-dev] It's time to vote (n. 1)

[Steve Harris]

On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 06:03:30PM +0200, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote:
> > Also remeber you have to reassemble the packets in the right order as the
> > ordering is not guaranteed.
> 
> forgive my ignorance wrt networks, but what can change the original
> order of packets in a point-to-point link ?
> my understanding is that when packets get routed via different
> paths, they might become shuffled, but not on a static route.

Collisions. The packets back off (exponentially I think) so they can get
shuffled easily.

There is more going on over ethernet than you think.

- Steve