[p2p-hackers] UDP Packet size...

[Matthew Kaufman]

If 39 of 40 1.4k packets arrive, can you do anything with those, or do all
39 need to be thrown out because the 40th didn't get there?

(I'll wait for the answer before going into more detail about what I think)

Matthew Kaufman
matthew at matthew.at
www.amicima.com 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: p2p-hackers-bounces at zgp.org 
> [mailto:p2p-hackers-bounces at zgp.org] On Behalf Of tcuag at t-online.de
> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 12:23 PM
> To: p2p-hackers at zgp.org
> Subject: [p2p-hackers] UDP Packet size...
> 
> Hi! 
> We have to make a decision. Shall we send 64Kb udp pakets or 
> 40 times the 1,4K pakets, which fits into any MTU of any ISP? 
> 
> Is it true, that nowadays most router do not allow udp 
> fragmentation by default?
> How many do allow it after configuration? (those 
> configuration is mostly very difficult for average user, 
> right?) Any experience? Some experts say: Never send more 
> than MTU, some projects say that they work with 60K UDP??? 
> 
> For us (python-project) the sending of small pakets means 
> serious trouble (CPU/Socket, timing), so before tuning our 
> algorythms, we want to be sure, that sending small pakets is 
> the only solution.
>  
> Thx for your help
> GKL 
> 
>