Re: THICKER TCPIP SOUP

From: Dr. Roger Dube <rdube_at_gate-tech.com>
Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 14:06:37 -0400

Thanks, Gene. Good suggestions - I'm on the trail.

- Roger

At 01:01 PM 5/10/2002 -0500, you wrote:

>Suggestions:
>
>Be sure that the recv on the client handels the WSAEWOULDBLOCK
>status differently then other errors.
>
>Verify that the two machines are actually in the expected states, that the
>client issued the recv, and the server issued the send.
>
>Double check the network masks, you should be able to ping both ways.
>
>Verify that you are not expecting the packet boundaries to remain intact
>over a network. For example, a client might send two 10 byte packets,
>but the server might receive a single 20 byte packet. The converse can
>also happen, the client can send a 20 byte packet, but the server could
>receive this as two packets. A good thing to look for is if the client or
>server has two sends or recvs in a row. This is a flag for a common
>programming error.
>
>Gene
>
>
>
>On 10 May 2002 at 10:51, Dr. Roger Dube wrote:
>
> >
> > Let me just thicken the TCPIP soup a bit, following my previous posting...
> >
> > hostname = localhost on client
> > Client and Server on same machine
> > All two-way communication works fine.
> >
> > hostname = IP address on client,
> > Client and Server are still on the SAME machine
> > All two-way communication works fine
> >
> > hostname = IP address on client
> > Client on second machine on the LAN
> > Server still at first machine with IP address used to set
> hostname
> > on Client
> > Connection is made, conversation stops when Server tries to
> send a
> > response back to Client.
> >
> >
> > ????
> >
> > I'm only changing the physical machine on which Client is operating...
> > seems to me. Sorry, that's the experimental physicist in me trying to use
> > experiments to locate the problem.
> >
> > Again, any ideas would be most welcome.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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3700 Airport Road Suite 307
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