Questions tagged [udp]
For questions about User Datagram Protocol, a Transport Layer protocol.
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UDP hole punching NAT port
I just read an article about the process of "punching holes" with the UDP protocol. I understand how it's done, but I have one last question to clear up things. We have the rendezvous server and ...
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What is the reason for the different order of the Source and Destination in a L2 header?
A TCP/UDP header (Layer 4) lists the Source Port, then the Destination Port:
An IP header (Layer 3) lists the Source IP, then the Destination IP:
An Ethernet header (L2) and a WiFi Header (L2) lists ...
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Traceroute UDP port question
I know, that traceroute uses UDP, and for destination port it starts with 33434. Then, with each next hop it increments the destination port number by 1. The questions is: why does traceroute need to ...
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How does a layer-2 switch work with UDP?
If UDP and/or TCP send packets via IP to an Internet Protocol Address, how can a layer-2 switch forward these?
Is this possible or do you need a layer-3 switch?
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Which port determines the protocol?
If we have a common protocol port on both ends.. say source point is 443 and destination port is 80 (hypothetical situation, I know this combination of ports probably makes no sense).. how do we ...
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Should I increase the timeout value for UDP on our VPN router-device?
We have a SonicWALL NSA 2400. We have numerous (100+) personnel in different offices in different physical locations that establish VPN sessions successfully every day. Some of these client computers ...
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What do TCP/UDP add to "raw ip"?
I know that both TCP and UDP are built on top of IP, and I know the differences between TCP & UDP, but I'm confused about what exactly "raw ip" is. Would it be fair to say that TCP & UDP both ...
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Why does DHCP use UDP and not TCP?
DHCP uses UDP as its transport protocol. DHCP messages that a client sends to a server are sent to well-known port 67 (UDP—Bootstrap Protocol and DHCP). DHCP Messages that a server sends to a client ...
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Why is a TCP Socket identified by a 4 tuple?
Newbie to networking here. I'm reading the Computer Networking (3rd edition) book, and in section 3.2 they are discussing multiplexing / demultiplexing for both UDP and TCP.
In the UDP protocol, a ...
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How to know whether a protocol uses TCP or UDP
Well I know that might sound a stupid question and I believe that the most proper answer will be like I will be able to tell as my experience builds up and I learn more and more about the protocols.
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Traceroute Over TCP vs UDP
For what purpose would one wish to send traceroute over TCP rather than UDP? What advantages/disadvantages are there in doing so? I know that traceroute normally uses UDP ICMP "echo" packets while ...
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Why do i only see QUIC and not UDP during capture in wireshark?
I've been using wireshark and noticed that I no longer see UDP but QUIC, why is this the case?
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If you're behind a firewall and all the ports are blocked, how is your browser able to access the internet? [closed]
I'm behind a router and I'm able to run game servers on my home computer after forwarding ports or using the DMZ feature on the router. However, I still don't understand the underlying technology as ...
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When is TFTP used? [closed]
It seems like a strange idea to transfer files using a connectionless protocol - so in what situation would you not care about if the entire file is delivered or not? I read somewhere that TFTP is ...
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Iperf results on UDP Bandwidth
I am currently testing iperf with a view to automating some testing servers for our company.
To do this I am using an iperf server in the cloud which is well connected and is only 5 hops away from ...
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single connection over multiple internet connections
Hi not sure where to ask this thought this would be the best place, i was just wondering if it was at all possible to have a single connection get the benefit of multiple internet connections.
For ...
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How UDP checksum get IP address to make pseudo header in transport layer?
We know that UDP checksum's pseudo header contains the most important parts of the IP header, that is, source and destination address, protocol number and data length.
I hope that the concept of IP ...
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Why the pseudo-header is not transmitted with the UDP datagram?
I have read from E. Comer - Internetworking with TCP/IP 4th edition that "The purpose of using a pseudo-header is to verify that the UDP datagram has reached its correct destination. The key to ...
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