Multiple choice

Which part of IPv4 packet structure is used to avoid looping in the network?

  1. Time to live

  2. Flags

  3. ECN

  4. DSCP

  5. IHL
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Explanation

Time to live field is used to avoid looping in the network. Every packet is sent with some TTL value set, which tells the network how many routers (hops) this packet can cross.

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