> Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 00:32:50 +0200 (CEST) > From: Iljitsch van Beijnum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Obviously some applications care. In addition to the examples mentioned > earlier: out of order packets aren't really good for TCP header > compression, so they will slow down data transfers over slow links. How about ACK? I think that's the point that Richard was making... even with SACK, out-of-order packets can be an issue. > But how is packet reordering on two parallell gigabit interfaces ever > going to translate into reordered packets for individual streams? Packets Queue depths. Varying paths. IIRC, 802.3ad DOES NOT allow round robin distribution; it uses hashes. Sure, hashed distribution isn't perfect. But it's better than "perfect" distribution with added latency and/or retransmits out the wazoo. > for streams that are subject to header compression or for voice over IP or > even Mbone are nearly always transmitted at relatively large intervals, so > they can't travel down parallell paths simultaneously. What MTU? Compare to jitter multiplied by line rate. -- Eddy Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Division Phone: +1 (316) 794-8922 Wichita/(Inter)national Phone: +1 (785) 865-5885 Lawrence ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 11:23:58 +0000 (GMT) From: A Trap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Please ignore this portion of my mail signature. These last few lines are a trap for address-harvesting spambots. Do NOT send mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, or you are likely to be blocked.