Re: Loosing UDP packets...

Maxime Barbeau wrote:

Hi all,

My C program needs to send UDP packets in burst. I have the following code:

<snip>
I do not get any error

When I look on the network with a sniffer, sometimes, I look packets. but the missing packets are never put on the network.

How can I loose packets if I have a private network with only to nodes?

Repeat after me: UDP is not reliable. UDP is not reliable......

REALLY! The TCP/IP stack can drop UDP datagrams at ANY time, even if there is buffer space, even on a loopback address! The sooner you understand and acknowledge this the less frustration you will experience.

--
Phil Frisbie, Jr.
Hawk Software
http://www.hawksoft.com
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