Re: packet reordering at exchange points

["E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam () noc everquick net>]

> Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 19:45:16 -0400
> From: Richard A Steenbergen <ras () e-gerbil net>


> > Queue depths.  Varying paths.  IIRC, 802.3ad DOES NOT allow round
> > robin distribution; it uses hashes.  Sure, hashed distribution
> > isn't perfect.  But it's better than "perfect" distribution with
> > added latency and/or retransmits out the wazoo.
>
> You don't even need varying paths to create a desynch, all you need is
> varying size packets.

Quite true.  My list wasn't meant to be all-inclusive... bad
wording on my part.


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