The packets travel most of the distance between stars without moving at all - at least not in normal space.

This much more important packet will travel by way of Auckland.

It doesn't even have to be the same in each direction because, as we know, packets can travel different routes in different directions.

Sometimes, because of the way networks are built and how much traffic they move, there can be delays in how packets travel.

Then the packet travels through the public network.

These functions may be performed through the same internal paths that the packets travel inside the router.

The principle is similar to the way packets travel around the wired Internet- data will hop from one device to another until it reaches its destination.

As packets travel through a network to their destination, they are often queued and sent in bursts to the next hop.

The scheme also has the disadvantage that packets from all protocols travel with the same delay and priority.

Since the packets travel along varying routes, they may not necessarily arrive at the designated location in sequence.