Well, when packets arrive and it's 6, the router's going to go, huh?

Well, that's done because, as we well know, packets don't always arrive in order at the other end.

When all the packets arrive at that destination, a computer reassembles them.

As the security man spoke, an arrival bin in the office flashed and a packet arrived.

So packets sent later could arrive sooner at the receiving end.

The result is that the packets arrive in a different order than they were sent.

Then, if a packet for 10.10.10.10 arrives, how should it be forwarded?

He was equally meticulous in having the commander to dinner on the night the packet arrived.

"Said he hoped to have some news for us when the packet arrived from England in about four weeks' time."

When packets arrive at a router, they have to be processed and transmitted.