KwickClips Networks and the Internet · 36 sec · free
Why do packets take different routes?
Short answer. Each router chooses the best next hop at that moment, and traffic keeps changing.
How are out-of-order packets fixed?
The receiver uses the packet numbers from the headers.
Remember
| Own route, then reorder |
Packets from one file can take different roads. How? Each router picks the best next hop. So packets may arrive out of order. Numbers put them back. Remember. Own route, then reorder.
This clip is from the full lesson: Packet Switching and How Data Travels — 7 minutes, with the tables, the quick answers and the whole lesson in text.
Useful for: CBSE Class 10 Computer Applications (165), CBSE Class 12 Computer Science (083), Cambridge IGCSE Grade 9 Computer Science (0478), Cambridge IGCSE Grade 10 Computer Science (0478)
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