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Re: packet reordering at exchange points
From: "Stephen Sprunk" <ssprunk () cisco com>
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 12:02:16 -0500
Thus spake "Peter Galbavy" <peter.galbavy () knowtion net>
Why ? I am still waiting (after many years) for anyone to explain to me the issue of buffering. It appears to be completely unneccesary in a router.
Routers are not non-blocking devices. When an output port is blocked, packets going to that port must be either buffered or dropped. While it's obviously possible to drop them, like ATM/FR carriers do, ISPs have found they have much happier customers when they do a reasonable amount of buffering. S
Current thread:
- Re: fixing TCP buffers (Re: packet reordering at exchange points), (continued)
- Re: fixing TCP buffers (Re: packet reordering at exchange points) Richard A Steenbergen (Apr 09)
- Re: fixing TCP buffers (Re: packet reordering at exchange points) E.B. Dreger (Apr 09)
- Re: fixing TCP buffers (Re: packet reordering at exchange points) E.B. Dreger (Apr 09)
- Re: packet reordering at exchange points Peter Galbavy (Apr 10)
- Re: packet reordering at exchange points Neil J. McRae (Apr 10)
- Re: packet reordering at exchange points John Kristoff (Apr 10)
- Re: packet reordering at exchange points Richard A Steenbergen (Apr 10)
- Re: packet reordering at exchange points Peter Galbavy (Apr 10)
- Re: packet reordering at exchange points Mathew Lodge (Apr 10)
- Re: packet reordering at exchange points Stephen Sprunk (Apr 10)
- Re: packet reordering at exchange points Stephen Sprunk (Apr 10)
- Re: packet reordering at exchange points Paul Vixie (Apr 10)
- RE: packet reordering at exchange points Jim Forster (Apr 10)
- Re: packet reordering at exchange points Craig Partridge (Apr 11)
- Re: packet reordering at exchange points Jesper Skriver (Apr 09)
- Re: packet reordering at exchange points Stephen Sprunk (Apr 08)
- Re: packet reordering at exchange points Iljitsch van Beijnum (Apr 09)
- Re: packet reordering at exchange points Valdis . Kletnieks (Apr 08)
- Re: packet reordering at exchange points Jesper Skriver (Apr 08)
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