Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] It's time to vote (n. 1)
From: Darwin Marcus Johnson (schwaahed_AT_yahoo.com)
Date: Thu May 24 2001 - 21:19:32 EEST
On Thursday 24 May 2001 13:21, Steve Harris wrote:
> 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
could this be avoided using two interfaces, and no hub?
-Darwin
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