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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. MSL is explained in RFC 793.

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	A [[TCP]] TIME_WAIT state may stay up as long as		A [[TCP]] TIME_WAIT state may stay up as long as
	2MSL.		2MSL. MSL is explained in RFC 793.