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out of order packets

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I seem to get an awful lot of out of order frames from a server to a specific station. There is nothing really complicated about the system. The server is in the states and the w/s is in holland. There is not a bandwidth issue at all. any thoughts

asked 12 Oct '12, 10:39

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Out of order frames are quite common and usually not a problem as long as there is no packet loss. TCP stacks can easily cope with OoO frames since they have a receive buffer to sort the payloads into. I have seen plenty out of order frames in situations where WAN acceleration appliances were used.

answered 12 Oct '12, 14:01

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