> >but so far nobody has said "yes, what Iljitsch is describing should > >work." > > Apparently you also didn't get any pointers to RFCs or other > authoritative sources that say "each and every packet injected into the > internet must be delivered in sequence".
er... please quote chapter/verse here. these are "packets" and have sequence numbers -BECAUSE- they may not be received in order. the end-system must be designed to place the packets back in order before presenting the data to the application. e.g. this is not a circuit switched network. --bill