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   "SpreadTooThin"  wrote in message   
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   > If I need to send a UDP packet over the internet to an IP Address   
   > (connectionless) i assume I am not guaranteed it will get there.  Due   
   > to multi hop issues.  Do I increase the likely hood of the packet   
   > arriving if I increase the number of hops?  is there a maximum number   
   > of hops.   
   >   
   > If the packet MUST arrive, then it be sent by TCP, right?   
   >   
   > Can a TCP packet be forwarded by the router as a UDP packet?   
      
   Your question "is there a maximum number of hops" - is answerable based on   
   one's perspective or general vantage point.  What do I mean?  Well, if your   
   on a Windows XP workstation the "maximum number of hops" is 30.  For a   
   router somewhere along the path, that number might be different.  I'm not a   
   Cisco router guy so I don't know what there general default number is but if   
   on your computer right now you open a CMD line and run this command the   
   "maximum number of hops" will be defined right there on screen and this is   
   your workstation default.  It's the same across all operating systems of   
   that version, although I believe that the number of 30 has not changed in   
   many many years.  Some RFC defines, not sure which one.   
      
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