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Altera_Forum
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19 years ago

Iniche UDP package length

Hi, we have designed a video streamer based on the simple socket server example in 6.1. Works fine, but we would like to transmit packets larger than 1500 bytes, say 8K. The UDP spec says t...
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19 years ago

Hi,

i thinkt, that the max. packet length depends on the MTU Size (max. transmission unit) which is 1500 bytes max. allowed by ethernet. Also, be aware, that there is no guarantee that the udp packets you send a received in the order they have been send (on large networks)

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