Hi!
On 01:38 Sun 28 Nov , Jérôme Prudent wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Sorry for the off topic (and the stupidity of the question), but could you
> briefly explain me what's wrong with the use of UDP?
>
> Thanks!
The only entity which decides how fast a data stream should be is the sender.
When using TCP (or SCTP, DCCP or something else), the operating system
basically looks at how many packets are lost and decides how fast it should
send. When using UDP, the OS cannot de this and packets go out very fast,
causing congestion and slowing down TCP and others. However, as already said:
In IP networks if there is congestion in an ISP network, you have already
lost.
-Michi
--
programing a layer 3+4 network protocol for mesh networks
see http://michaelblizek.twilightparadox.com
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