The more i read this topic, the more i see that a large part of people here don’t understand how networks work. Yes it’s really about 0’s and 1’s and from end to end, TCP/IP network equipment calculate / validate a checksum. (UDP/IP does it too)
So for layer 3:
http://www.tcpipguide.com/free/t_TCPChecksumCalculationandtheTCPPseudoHeader-2.htm
As for layer 2 (ethernet), you have another checksum called FCS:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_frame
About the transit time, "jitter", etc: There is an easy remedy for this and it is called buffering. A TCP/IP network is a best effort network. You have to design any solution around this.
So a 20$ switch will do the same as a 50K$ one. Why the difference of price? Horsepower, # and type of interfaces, high end enterprise management, licences for specific features, modularity, etc etc etc.
So you can place whatever capacitor or anything else on your switch / product router (even gold and diamond if you want!), it’s up to you. But somebody somewhere will easily beat you if you throw in useless expensive parts... For those who does it (or try to say they do), it is only ripoff of customer who don’t know how a best effort network works and proper design around it.
So for layer 3:
http://www.tcpipguide.com/free/t_TCPChecksumCalculationandtheTCPPseudoHeader-2.htm
As for layer 2 (ethernet), you have another checksum called FCS:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_frame
About the transit time, "jitter", etc: There is an easy remedy for this and it is called buffering. A TCP/IP network is a best effort network. You have to design any solution around this.
So a 20$ switch will do the same as a 50K$ one. Why the difference of price? Horsepower, # and type of interfaces, high end enterprise management, licences for specific features, modularity, etc etc etc.
So you can place whatever capacitor or anything else on your switch / product router (even gold and diamond if you want!), it’s up to you. But somebody somewhere will easily beat you if you throw in useless expensive parts... For those who does it (or try to say they do), it is only ripoff of customer who don’t know how a best effort network works and proper design around it.