<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: Transport layer (UDP vs TCP) --> <!--X-From-R13: @vxynf Syzdivfg <q97ryzNqgrx.punyzref.fr> --> <!--X-Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 18:41:00 +0000 --> <!--X-Message-Id: Pine.SOL.3.96.980317193359.8501A-100000#licia,dtek.chalmers.se --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: Pine.LNX.3.96.980316230342.719A-100000#shamen,cyberhighway.net --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, Transport layer (UDP vs TCP)</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:d97elm#dtek,chalmers.se"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00736.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00738.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00733.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00739.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00737">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00737">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00737">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>Transport layer (UDP vs TCP)</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: mud-dev <<A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#null,net">mud-dev#null,net</A>></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: Transport layer (UDP vs TCP)</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Niklas Elmqvist <<A HREF="mailto:d97elm#dtek,chalmers.se">d97elm#dtek,chalmers.se</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 19:40:57 +0100 (MET)</LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> On Tue, 17 Mar 1998, Ben Greear wrote: > > I'm pondering a multi level transport stream. The important stuff > would go over tcp/ip, and the client-side-cache updates would run > over UDP. > > The question is, what is the packet size (max) that UDP can handle? A good place to find information about anything that even remotely pertains to networks and the Internet are the RFC docs. A bit technical (but that's how we like them) but usually of good standard. You can find a directory containing ASCII-text versions of all the RFCs at <URL:<A HREF="http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Internet-documents/rfc/">http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Internet-documents/rfc/</A>> (the index is called rfc-index.txt). RFC 1180 is a TCP/IP tutorial, and a good one at that, but only brushes through UDP. RFC 768 concerns itself solely with UDP, the answer to your question might be found there. > Ben Greear (greear#cyberhighway,net) <A HREF="http://www.primenet.com/~greear">http://www.primenet.com/~greear</A> -- Niklas Elmqvist (d97elm#dtek,chalmers.se) ---------------------- "You can't trample infidels when you're a tortoise. I mean, all you could do is give them a meaningful look." - Terry Pratchett, Small Gods </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <ul compact><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>: <ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00739" HREF="msg00739.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Transport layer (UDP vs TCP)</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> Jon Leonard <jleonard#divcom,umop-ap.com></li></ul> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00733" HREF="msg00733.html">Transport layer (UDP vs TCP)</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Ben Greear <greear#cyberhighway,net></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00736.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Balancing Addicts -> soft vs. hard enforcement</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00738.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Speaking of Avatars</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00733.html">Transport layer (UDP vs TCP)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00739.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Transport layer (UDP vs TCP)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00737"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00737"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><STRONG>Re: [MUD-Dev] XShipWars</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00762" HREF="msg00762.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] XShipWars</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Thu 19 Mar 1998, 07:03 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00848" HREF="msg00848.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] XShipWars</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Mon 23 Mar 1998, 18:48 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00735" HREF="msg00735.html">Balancing Addicts</A></strong>, Ling <a href="mailto:K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk">K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk</a>, Tue 17 Mar 1998, 14:32 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="00733" HREF="msg00733.html">Transport layer (UDP vs TCP)</A></strong>, Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Tue 17 Mar 1998, 05:58 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00737" HREF="msg00737.html">Transport layer (UDP vs TCP)</A></strong>, Niklas Elmqvist <a href="mailto:d97elm#dtek,chalmers.se">d97elm#dtek,chalmers.se</a>, Tue 17 Mar 1998, 18:41 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00739" HREF="msg00739.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Transport layer (UDP vs TCP)</A></strong>, Jon Leonard <a href="mailto:jleonard#divcom,umop-ap.com">jleonard#divcom,umop-ap.com</a>, Tue 17 Mar 1998, 19:22 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00745" HREF="msg00745.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Transport layer (UDP vs TCP)</A></strong>, Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Wed 18 Mar 1998, 05:05 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00752" HREF="msg00752.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Transport layer (UDP vs TCP)</A></strong>, Jon Leonard <a href="mailto:jleonard#divcom,umop-ap.com">jleonard#divcom,umop-ap.com</a>, Wed 18 Mar 1998, 17:48 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00758" HREF="msg00758.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Transport layer (UDP vs TCP)</A></strong>, Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Thu 19 Mar 1998, 00:52 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>