OT: network routing information

[James Knott]

jerome-mhXWc29+iYPyG1zEObXtfA at public.gmane.org wrote:
> hi,
>
>   i need to understand how a provider routes data via its different
> transits, a provider is telling me that most internet providers route
> traffic via TCP only..
>
>   and not like their service they are routing traffic to their different
> transits based on a lot of things.. latency, network availability etc..
>
> tia,
>
>   

As for routing, it would be IP, not TCP that's used for routing.  There
are other routable protocols, such as IPX, but they wouldn't be used for
the internet.  I'm not sure if I understand your question, but I think
you're asking about quality of service issues.  If so, you generally
can't count on them for use on the public internet.


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