Re: What is the minimum-size UDP packet?
From: _ (zane)
Date: 02/10/04
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Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 19:57:52 GMT
David,
>1) I understand that UDP is a best-effort protocol and delivery of the
>packets is not guaranteed. My system can tolerate that. What it *can't*
>tolerate is only "part" of the client's UDP notification making it across
>the wire.
Stay under the MTU and you will either see the entire packet or none of it.
>2) Is there a "minimum packet size" for UDP? In other words, when my
>client sends a payload of 4 bytes to the server, are there actually more
>bytes going across the wire due to a minimum packet size?
No - there is some overhead associated with the packet but there is no _minimum_
size (uh, actually I haven't tried sending zero bytes <g>).
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