How can we monitor UDP traffic and how can we identify if a packet is dropped or not?
You can monitor UDP traffic using Wireshark protocol analyzer.
But, you can’t identify packet loss in UDP because unlike TCP it doesn’t have sequence number or acknowledgement number. Generally, UDP is like fire and forget.
If any upper layer provides ACK and it is being carried by UDP, then it is possible to identify the dropped packets with that upper layer protocol.
Thats why UDP is used in video streaming service.
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