i am new to network programming in python. I wanted to know that what is the maximum size packet we can transmit or receive on python socket? and how to find out it?
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i am new to network programming in python. I wanted to know that what is the maximum size packet we can transmit or receive on python socket? and how to find out it?
The actual amount of data that can be sent in a single packet depends on what the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) is for the protocol you’re using. Read the Wikipedia article for more information.
This is generally something you don’t have to worry about, though – if you send a TCP packet that’s too big, the operating system will fragment it (turn it into multiple packets) for you and it will be reassembled at the host.
By the way, Python’s socket library uses the operating system’s sockets, so it’s nothing particular to Python.