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Why does the TCP header have a header length field and UDP header does not?
in tcp header (32 bits) we have a field that is called options and padding that has variable in length and the header length shows the actual header size i.e size of 20 octets+size of options and padding field and in UDP we dont have any field like that and its header is fixed of 8 OCTETS (32 bits header size) refrence: WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS by William Stallings Second Edition pg 91(see fig)
What is tcpip header and trailer?
An Ethernet frame has a 14 byte header, a data section, and a 4 byte trailer 14 byte header consist of destination address, source address and type The trailer is for CRC (Cyclic redundancy Check) An Ethernet frame can contain an IP and TCP PDU. IP header most important parts consists of (Version,IHL, Total length,Protocol, source and destination address) In details (Version,Header length,Differentiated services field, total Length, Identification, Flags, fragment offset, Time to live, protocol, header checksum, source and destination address). TCP header most important parts consists of (Source port, Destination port and header Length) In details (Source Port, Destination Port, Sequence number, Acknowledgment number, Header length,Flags,Window and check sum). The details of the IP and TCP header have been taken from a Network protocol Analyzer Wireshark on my own pc.
The field in a TCP frame header consists of the number of bytes that can be transmitted before the sender receives an acknowledgement of receipt?
window
What is padding in tcp segment?
The internet header padding is used to ensure that the internet ends on a 32 bit boundary. The padding is zero.
What does the protocol field in the IP header identify?
The protocol field, in the IP header, identifies what kind of data is in the IP packet - the upper-layer protocol. For example, if the code is 6, that means that the data is a TCP segment.
What is the maximum size of data that the application layer can pass on to the TCP layer below?
2^16 bytes - size of TCP header
What is a layer four header?
In the commonly used TCP/IP communications, that would either be a TCP header, or a UDP header.In the commonly used TCP/IP communications, that would either be a TCP header, or a UDP header.In the commonly used TCP/IP communications, that would either be a TCP header, or a UDP header.In the commonly used TCP/IP communications, that would either be a TCP header, or a UDP header.
Why does the TCP header have a header length field and UDP header does not?
in tcp header (32 bits) we have a field that is called options and padding that has variable in length and the header length shows the actual header size i.e size of 20 octets+size of options and padding field and in UDP we dont have any field like that and its header is fixed of 8 OCTETS (32 bits header size) refrence: WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS by William Stallings Second Edition pg 91(see fig)
What header that has source of 13357 and destination port of 23?
It is a TCP Header
Compare the TCP header and the UDP header?
Both TCP and UDP have origin and destination ports - and that is about all the similarity there is between the two. TCP has several other fields that UDP doesn't have, including window size; a consecutive byte numbering (to figure out where to place a TCP segment in a data stream); the bytes that the other side is expected to send; and others.
Why to use tcp header?
a tcp header contains the information of the source and destination networks and well as what port to access with out it the packet would not know where to go
What has port numbers in its header?
both tcp and udp
The fields in TCP header that are missing from UDP header?
The sequence number, acknowledge number, and Window fields.
Why does the TCP use a sequence number in the header?
To reassemble the segments into data.
Which tcp segment header field controls the termination of a session?
code bits
In the IP Protocol What is the header overhead?
Internet Protocol, or IP, puts a header on every packet that it sounds out. This header is the overhead. All protocols, such as TCP or UDP, will put a header on the packet. The IP header contains information such as source IP address and destination IP address and is used by routers to figure out where to send the packet. ex. you send your friend a 1kb file, but it takes up 1.5kb of bandwidth due to overhead
Why are the source and destination port numbers at the beginning of the TCP header?
That is the way the standard designed the header. They could be placed anywhere as long as everyone understood where in the packet header it was placed.
