Re: UDP network problem
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 17 Aug 1997 15:52:41 +0100 (BST)
> During some experiments with programming UDP/IP sockets, I've noted that I
> could transfer more than 3250 bytes of data. The sendto() routine says it
> has sent the data, but recvfrom() just blocks. This is a consistent error.
UDP is an unreliable delivery system, it makes no send/receive guarantees.
Use TCP if you require these.
Alan