packet reordering at exchange points

Mon Apr 8 23:45:16 UTC 2002

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.

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