Question

I’m building a File Sharing Program, and I would like to know if it’s better, while using Sockets, to receive and send byte per byte, or a fixed amount. I’m sending messages of Login, Actual file size list, etc, of 512 bytes, and 65536, when sending and receiving files.

Answer 1

it is depend on your usage and goal:

for High Performance when in non-faulty environment:

choose 1500 bytes

for bad and faulty environment:

choose lower sizes but not byte per byte