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Internetworking with TCP/IP Volume One, 6th Edition by Douglas E. Comer

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7 Internet Protocol: Connectionless Datagram Delivery (IPv4, IPv6)

Chapter Contents

  1. 7.1 Introduction, 119

  2. 7.2 A Virtual Network, 119

  3. 7.3 Internet Architecture And Philosophy, 120

  4. 7.4 Principles Behind The Structure, 120

  5. 7.5 Connectionless Delivery System Characteristics, 121

  6. 7.6 Purpose And Importance Of The Internet Protocol, 122

  7. 7.7 The IP Datagram, 122

  8. 7.8 Datagram Type Of Service And Differentiated Services, 127

  9. 7.9 Datagram Encapsulation, 129

  10. 7.10 Datagram Size, Network MTU, and Fragmentation, 130

  11. 7.11 Datagram Reassembly, 134

  12. 7.12 Header Fields Used For Datagram Reassembly, 135

  13. 7.13 Time To Live (IPv4) And Hop Limit (IPv6), 136

  14. 7.14 Optional IP Items, 137

  15. 7.15 Options Processing During Fragmentation, 141

  16. 7.16 Network Byte Order, 143 ...

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