8 Apr
2002
8 Apr
'02
7:45 p.m.
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? Packets
Queue 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)