What are the advantages and disadvantages of connectionless protocol?
Question :
What are the advantages and disadvantages of connectionless protocol?
Advantages of connectionless protocol are as follows:
a. It sends the packet without handshaking.
b. It is faster than connection-oriented protocol.
c. The header size of the packet is smaller as compared to the packets in connection-oriented services.
Disadvantages of connectionless protocol are as follows:
a. It is not reliable and cannot ensure the data transmission to the destination.
b. Packets decide the route while transmission based on the network congestion.
c. It does not have a fixed path.
d. Different packets do not necessarily follow the same path.