> I got the distinct impression that TCP uses packets and that these packets
> are sent using IP ie. TCP packets get embedded in IP packets. If you're
> using ethernet then the NIC driver embeds the IP packet in an ethernet
> packet and transmits.
> Lots of packets.
> Not a lot of streams.
TCP presents the appearance of a stream of data to the application. In order to
get the data from end to end it chops the data up into packets, ships it over
IP and reassembles things the other end. This is all done transparently to
the user of TCP.
> What would I know, don't even have a beard.
Grin
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