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What is the purpose of the TTL field? To force a packet to be discarded if it ge

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Question

What is the purpose of the TTL field?

To force a packet to be discarded if it gets caught in a routing loop

To allow the routers to determine if a host is reachable before forwarding the packet

To allow strict source routing.

To discard packets that would cause a broadcast storm

1.

To force a packet to be discarded if it gets caught in a routing loop

2.

To allow the routers to determine if a host is reachable before forwarding the packet

3.

To allow strict source routing.

4.

To discard packets that would cause a broadcast storm

Explanation / Answer

To allow the routers to determine if a host is reachable before forwarding the packet

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