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What does the Time To Live (TTL) field in the IP header enable?
What does the Time To Live (TTL) field in the IP header enable?
- Allowing unlimited forwarding of packets
- Preventing packets from being forwarded by too many routers (correct)
- Providing guaranteed delivery of packets
- Ensuring end-to-end error recovery
What service does the IP protocol provide?
What service does the IP protocol provide?
- Guaranteed delivery
- Automatic error recovery
- Unreliable and connectionless (correct)
- Reliable and connection-oriented
How is the congestion control of the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) based?
How is the congestion control of the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) based?
- On the adjustment of the transmission window size according to the memory availability at the receiver (correct)
- On ensuring constant bandwidth availability
- On limiting the number of packets sent per second
- On the automatic retransmission of lost packets
When does a router forward an IP packet to the destination?
When does a router forward an IP packet to the destination?
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What is the purpose of end-to-end error recovery over the Internet?
What is the purpose of end-to-end error recovery over the Internet?
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