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Re: packet reordering at exchange points
From: Richard A Steenbergen <ras () e-gerbil net>
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 19:45:16 -0400
On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 11:19:56PM +0000, E.B. Dreger wrote:
But how is packet reordering on two parallell gigabit interfaces ever going to translate into reordered packets for individual streams? PacketsQueue 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. -- Richard A Steenbergen <ras () e-gerbil net> http://www.e-gerbil.net/ras PGP Key ID: 0x138EA177 (67 29 D7 BC E8 18 3E DA B2 46 B3 D8 14 36 FE B6)
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