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Packet Post
Six deliveries. A broken link. One very mixed-up inbox.
A packet carries data and information about where it belongs. Plan a route, cross one link at a time, then put the numbered pieces back together.
This is a closed teaching model, not real network equipment. Links are two-way and only drawn links exist. Labels and requests are pretend; nothing is sent to another device.
Delivery paused
Link list and model times
Received pieces
No piece selected.
Rebuild POST
Your delivery discoveries
Fun fact: A shorter route by hop count can take longer than a route with more hops. The link times in delivery three let you check an example.
Our numbered word pieces simplify real networking. Different protocols handle ordering and loss differently; these labels are not a literal packet format.
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