_____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Kaufman Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 7:59 PM To: theory and practice of decentralized computer networks Subject: Re: [p2p-hackers] Silly question about UDP Daniel Stutzbach wrote: On 1/27/07, David Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is it actually any cheaper to send a 0-byte UDP packet than to send one that is sized at the MTU? It depends on how you define "cheaper". A 1-byte UDP packet will take less time to transmit and use fewer resources than a 1300-byte UDP packet, but an 1300-byte UDP will transmit 1300 bytes faster and use fewer resources than 1300 1-byte UDP packets. But how many 0-byte UDP packets do you have to send in order to transmit the same information as is in one 1300-byte UDP packet? Conservatively - 1300 :) That's by using some of IP header fields such as ID to carry the actual data. Alex
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