(02-22-2016, 05:13 PM)ddthj Wrote: A few questions:
Can you keep the packets serialized at all times?
Isn't everything going to be huge because of the packet size?
Is there progress outside of what's been written down on paper?
1. Not entirely sure what you mean, but if you mean that I should just operate directly on the packet without stopping it and parallelising it, no, I can't. Because the speed is 10bps, or 1 tick per bit, so comparators and torches don't work properly.
2. No. In terms of the switches, they only touch the Destination address - the rest is not read and passed straight through. In terms of the end devices, it depends on how you use it. You don't have to use *all* of that data, just leave trailing zeros and don't read them. It really depends on the higher-level protocol in use.
3. Nope, because I'm lazy as fuck and schoolwork comes first.