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The ways in which packets are accidentally lost is the same between TCP and UDP, but if you have 150Mbps total coming in from four different ports and you need to route that data over a single 100Mbps port, then the router needs to choose which packets to drop. I bet that TCP packets take priority over UDP in many routers.

> "I bet that TCP packets take priority over UDP in many routers."

Unless you prioritize them differently.

If a something interferes with WiFi, I'm pretty sure WiFi will automatically retransmit.

I just checked, and it does indeed retransmit. I stand corrected.

Julia Evans is not a guy.