RE: Re: Topic 4: Point to point acknowledgement in xAP messages

[Kevin Hawkins]

We do need to provide a solution though as well - I accept that there are
issues but I am thinking that 99.9% of the time there will only be one
network and 95% of the time that will be Ethernet. Let's examine the
alternatives though and see what we come up with.

Kevin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick Lidstone [mailto:<a
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> Sent: 16 June 2003 19:23
> To: <a
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> Subject: [xAP_developer] Re: Topic 4: Point to point acknowledgement
in
> xAP messages
>
> --- In <a
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"Kevin Hawkins" <lists@u...>
> wrote:
> > Just thinking about points 4) and D) below and it struck me
> that tcp
> > would provide the solution - should we allow a tcp connection to
be
> created
> > between two partner xAP's on a network
>
> Lots of problems with this, I think.
>
> - Effectively each connection becomes stateful. It's a big deal to
> manage a list of connections on a simple processor. What happens when
> you can't handle any more connections because you don't have the
> resources?
>
> - We're supposed to be network agnostic. Point-to-point connections
> assume the ability to uniquely address. This brings with it a whole
> host of fundamental problems like: how do I address a device on a
> different network, address translation and so on. It's a complete can
> of worms compared to the simplicity of "send everything to
everyone".
>
> Patrick
>
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