Packet Gnomes- October 11, 2007 The other morning I got the following question from a reader: I have created a client-server application in C using asynchronous socket methods ... blah blah blah, a long description of a scenario in which the socket misses packets under certain conditions My reply was that I believe networks are run by tiny "packet gnomes" who move the packets around on your behalf. Wireless networks are run by "packet fairies", who can fly. When I have to debug a network problem...http://blogs.msdn.com/ericlippert/archive/2007/10/11/packet-gnomes.aspx |