This information is stored in every IP packet to make sure that the packet is eventually discarded if it cannot find the address

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This information is stored in every IP packet to make sure that the packet is eventually discarded if it cannot find the address

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IFF
TFT
TTL
TCP

Computers and Technology

1 answer:

Andreas93 [3] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-26T21:01:42+03:00

Answer:

TTL

Explanation:

TTL means time -to- live field is a counter that is designed to keep packets from circulating indefinitely in the network case forwarding tables accidentally create cycles. An IP datagram is typically initialized with a TTL of 60 or 64 and the TTL is decremented by one each time it enters a router. If the TTL reaches zero, the router will discard the packet. It is one of the components of the IP datagram