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IP layer
Ok LawnBoy,thanks for your response but I have some notices: 1. this book suppose to be of the best in the TCP/IP area. It is the must for those who want to learn about TCP/IP or at least was at one time. I believe that I misunderstand something. 2. You speak about UDP protocol not IP. IP... -
IP layer
... If the receiving party does not get the packet, the sender has no way of knowing..." I thing that the book say different thing "When something goes wrong, such as a router temporarily running out of buffers,IP has a simple error handling algorithm: throw away the datagram and try to send an... -
IP layer
Hi I present a piece of text from the book "TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1" by Richard Stevens that I do not understand (page 33): "...IP provides an unreliable,connectionless datagram delivery service. By unreliable we mean there are no guarantees that an IP datagram successfully gets to its...
