Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] It's time to vote (n. 1)
From: Steve Harris (S.W.Harris_AT_ecs.soton.ac.uk)
Date: Thu May 24 2001 - 20:21:42 EEST
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
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