Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 18 Aug 1997 01:25:24 -0700 (PDT) | From | Eric Hoeltzel <> | Subject | Re: UDP network problem |
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On Sun, 17 Aug 1997, Alan Cox wrote:
> > During some experiments with programming UDP/IP sockets, I've noted that I > > could transfer more than 3250 bytes of data. The sendto() routine says it > > has sent the data, but recvfrom() just blocks. This is a consistent error. > > UDP is an unreliable delivery system, it makes no send/receive guarantees. > Use TCP if you require these. > > Alan
Someone told me recently that UDP is a guaranteed protocol over arcnet. While this rang true to me, I am am unable to explain to myself precisely why this is so. It's been years since I've had an arcnet network with which to play, and it was ipx anyway...
Regards, Eric Hoeltzel
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