Practical TCP/IP and Ethernet Networking for Industry

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When you have completed the study of this chapter, you should be able to:

• Explain the basic operation of all Internet layer protocols including IP, ARP,

RARP, and ICMP

• Explain the purpose and application of the different fields in the IPv4 header

• Invoke the following protocols, capture their headers with a protocol

analyzer, and compare the headers with those in your notes: IPv4, ARP and

ICMP. You should be able to interpret the fundamental operations taking

place and verify the different fields in each header

• Demonstrate the fragmentation capability of IPv4 using a protocol analyzer