What is the optimal size of a UDP packet for maximum throughput?

Question

I need to send packets from one host to another over a potentially lossy network. In order to minimize packet latency, I\'m not considering TCP/IP. But, I w

Answer 1

Even though the MTU at the switch is 1500, you can have situations (like tunneling through a VPN) that wrap a few extra headers around the packet- you may do better to reduce them slightly, and go at 1450 or so.

Can you simulate the network and test performance with different packet sizes?