[ENet-discuss] Enet Header size

[Daniel Aquino]

Is there no chart that documents the header and formatting that enet adds ?

On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Daniel Aquino <mr.danielaquino at gmail.com>wrote:

> There is also an ability to flush based on a certain peer I believe...
>
> I would think that certain real time data would be desirable to flush right
> away to the peer...
>
> Then remaining packets could be picked up at some interval...
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Nuno Silva <little.coding.fox at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On the docs it said that enet_host_flush() is also supposed to send all
>> queued packets (for sending), although it wont treat events like
>> enet_host_flush(), so if the OP just wants to send various packets and not
>> wait for enet_host_service(), he could use enet_host_flush() instead.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 6:29 AM, Lee Salzman <lsalzman1 at cox.net> wrote:
>>
>>> This all depends on what is acceptable latency for you and how often you
>>> are sending packets. Packets are sent out when you call enet_host_service(),
>>> so schedule this according to your needs.
>>>
>>> Lee
>>>
>>>
>>> Peter Soxberger wrote:
>>>
>>>> In what periods should enet_host_service() be called? I'm using a thread
>>>> and alwas wait 2 milliseconds until I call enet_host_service(). Should I
>>>> wait longer? What are your typical periods?
>>>>
>>>> Greets,
>>>> Peter Soxberger
>>>>
>>>> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Datum: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:11:06 -0800
>>>>> Von: Lee Salzman <lsalzman1 at cox.net>
>>>>> An: Discussion of the ENet library <enet-discuss at cubik.org>
>>>>> Betreff: Re: [ENet-discuss] Enet Header size
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> It collects packets in between calls to enet_host_service(), yes.
>>>>>
>>>>> Lee
>>>>>
>>>>> Peter Soxberger wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Ok does this mean that ENet collects the small packets and send it as
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> one big packet for saving overhead?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I worried that this isn't implented because I use a lot of packets
>>>>>> with
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> small data in them and this would produce a lot of unnecessary
>>>>> overhead.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Datum: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:18:15 -0800
>>>>>>> Von: Lee Salzman <lsalzman1 at cox.net>
>>>>>>> An: Discussion of the ENet library <enet-discuss at cubik.org>
>>>>>>> Betreff: Re: [ENet-discuss] Enet Header size
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The size of a header for an individual user packet WITHIN a protocol
>>>>>>> packet is about 6-8 bytes. Each protocol packet (which groups as many user
>>>>>>> packets as it can up to the MTU) has a header size of 8 bytes.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Lee
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Peter Soxberger wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm currently improving my code that calculates the actual
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> transferrate.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Does anybody of you know, how much overhead I produce if I send a
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> single
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> packet? I know that there is the UDP Header which is 8 Byte big. But
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> how
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> much is used by ENet?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If I calculate the real size of a packet, is this correct:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [UDP Header]+[ENet Headers]+[packet->dataLength] = Packet Size
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks for your help!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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