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This is as long as a packet may roam about in the  
This is as long as a packet may roam about in the  
Internet.  Since the [[TTL]] has a max value of 255 this will fit.
Internet.  Since the [[TTL]] has a max value of 255 this will fit.
A [[TCP]] TIME_WAIT state may stay up as long as
2MSL.

Revision as of 13:33, 24 March 2008

Maximum Segment Lifetime. Typically 2 minutes (120 seconds). 2MSL means 2 x MSL or 240 seconds.

This is as long as a packet may roam about in the Internet. Since the TTL has a max value of 255 this will fit.

A TCP TIME_WAIT state may stay up as long as 2MSL.

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