Fabiana moreno wrote:
thanks but i did some research already about the subject...
this is what i found...
http://www.freesoft.org/CIE/RFC/1889/9.htm
sequence number: 16 bits
The sequence number increments by one for each RTP data packet sent,
and may be used by the receiver to detect packet loss and to restore
packet sequence. The initial value of the sequence number is random
(unpredictable) to make known-plaintext attacks on encryption more
difficult, even if the source itself does not encrypt, because the
packets may flow through a translator that does. Techniques for
choosing unpredictable numbers are discussed in [7].
So i might be wrong, but i dont think sequence number represent how much
data is being sent.
He was probably referring to the TCP sequence number. You were
referring to the RTP sequence number. Those are two different sequence
numbers; I suppose that one could infer from the reference to the Darwin
Streaming Server and from your earlier mails that you were referring to
RTP, but it's really best to indicate what protocol you're talking about.
Now:
> I am streaming with darwin streaming server and capturing with
> wireshark, i just wanted to know if what i am getting in my
captures as
> sequence number is my packet id?
to what "packet id" are you referring? (As per your previous mail with
"packet id 0 ???" as the subject, the RTP sequence number is not
required to be connected with the IP Identification field; they're
independent fields.)
