EBK COMPUTER NETWORKING
EBK COMPUTER NETWORKING
7th Edition
ISBN: 8220102955479
Author: Ross
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 5, Problem R19RQ
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ICMP is Internet Control Message Protocol which is used by the hosts and routers to transfer the network-layer information to each other. One of the usage of ICMP is error reporting.

  • ICMP messages consist of three fields.
    • Type – It is a number that uniquely recognizes the type of ICMP message
    • Code – It is a value that gives additional data about the message type.
    • First eight bytes of the IP datagram – To generate an ICMP message.

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