Receiving data in TCP

Question

If i send 1000 bytes in TCP, does it guarantee that the receiver will get the entire 1000 bytes \"togther\"? or perhaps he will first only get 500 bytes, and later he\'ll re

Answer 1

It depends of the stablished MTU (Maximum transfer unit). If your stablished connection (once handshaked) refers to a MTU of 512 bytes you will need two or more TCP packets to send 1000 bytes.