[gameprogrammer] Re: recommended size of data for udp packets

On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 14:43 -0400, Roger D Vargas wrote:
> Whats the recommended size of data to send inside an UDP packet?

I have never run into that question before. Cool!

You can send any size you want up to 64KB. But, lots of large UDP
messages can really clog up a network. OTOH, if the packet size isn't at
least several times the header overhead (28 bytes IIRC) you are wasting
bandwidth by sending to much header and not enough data. 

Try benchmarking what ever size is natural for you application. 

                Bob Pendleton

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