The impact of out of order packets on successful transmission

Wide Area Networking Alert NetworkWorld.com | LANs & WANs Research Center | Update Your Profile The impact of out of order packets on successful transmission By Steve Taylor and Jim Metzler In the last two newsletters (see here and here) we commented on the fact that data replication was significantly different than other data applications and that it could be negatively impacted by small amounts of packet loss. Today, we'll talk about ways to overcome the impact of packet loss, talk about the impact that out of order packets has on goodput, and return to a topic that we know is a hot issue for our readers: what functions should be done in a router. Read full story Steve Taylor is president of Distributed Networking Associates and publisher/editor-in-chief of Webtorials. For more detailed information on most of the topics discussed in this newsletter, connect to Webtorials, the premier site for Web-based educational presentations, white papers, and market research. Taylor can be reached at taylor@webtorials.com Jim Metzler is the Vice President of Ashton, Metzler & Associates, a consulting organization that focuses on leveraging technology for business success. Jim assists vendors to refine product strategies, service providers to deploy technologies and services, and enterprises evolve their network infrastructure. He can be reached via e-mail. MORE STORIES SPONSORED BY CISCO Security Threats and Vulnerabilities Read this report, "Cisco 2007 Annual Security Report" for a snapshot of the state of security from January through September 2007. The report also includes predictions for 2008 and future years. Learn more today about the key risk areas you should know about. Download this report now. RELATED NEWS: Editor's Note: Due to an editing error, the Wide Area Network Alert dated Dec. 13, 2007 should have referenced 802.1X Wired as the correct name of the network authentication protocol. The archived version of the newsletter has been corrected. 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