[Nel] TCP vs. UDP

Thu, 05 Jul 2001 17:00:15 +0200

> As you perhaps know, we only use TCP/IP (for server-server communication,
+> but also for the client-server connection) and we currently think more and
+> more about replacing the TCP client-server connection with a UDP one.
+
+You mean you are thinking about creating a tinny TCP over UDP.
+If you want to do that i'm not sure it's a good idea.
+
+in "effective TCP/IP Programming" Jon C. Snader says
+in
+Tip 7 : Don't Underestimate The Performance of TCP
+Tip 8 : Avoid Reinventing TCP
+
+Ok, i'm not very useful in this conversation but
+i'm not (yet :)) a network guru ....
+
+I'm interest by answer from other people.
+
+> 
+> In a first step, we would like to know your opinion about this choice. And
+> in a next step, we'll do some test about ping/packet lost and so on to
+> compare TCP and UDP, and we'll need your help to do that.
+> 
+> Vianney Lecroart
+> ---
+> lead network programmer / nevrax.com
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