XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: daniel47@somewhere.someplaceelse   
      
   On 8/09/2025 11:50 pm, R.Wieser wrote:   
   > Daniel,   
   >   
   >> If I START NOW how does the clock at the other end know when to START that   
   >> clock. Sure, they'll know when to STOP that clock.   
   > ...   
   >> Conversely, when the distant end STARTs to send infomation, the know when   
   >> to start that clock .... but how do they know when they should STOP that   
   >> clock??   
   >   
   > Thats the nice thing about TCP (as in: TCP/IP) communications : When the   
   > receiver finishes receiving a block of data it will send a signal back that   
   > the block is received correctly, and the next block may be send - or that,   
   > as the sending-side indicated, the last block was received.   
   >   
   > iow, *both* sides can start timers and get an accurate duration of the   
   > transmission.   
   >   
   > Regards,   
   > Rudy Wieser   
   >   
   >   
   But both sides only know when a FULL CYCLE has been completed .... not   
   two half cycles.   
   --   
   Daniel70   
      
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