What happens with packet loss?

[mark84]

Hi, I had a weird line in a piece I just milled, it's very possibly just some error in the file from aspire, but as I used an ethernet cable with a broken clip(but obviously didn't wobble it round) I wondered if packet loss could be a cause?
Thanks, and happy 2022 everyone.

[m_c]

Packet loss should result in an error being generated for loss of communication, as it's a key part of the basic protocol that packets should not get lost, and be automatically resent if the recipient doesn't acknowledge receiving it. If the recipient never acknowledges receipt, then a packet/communication error should be triggered, but how that gets handled all depends on how the software has been written to handle it.

[mark84]

Ah I see, thanks very much.