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Which protocol handles fragmenting more nowadays?
Hello all, thank you for your comments. Here is what I meant by my question. When a big chunk of data travels down the protocol stack, it has to be broken somewhere to fit the MTU of the layer 2 frames, right? Now, the way I see it, there are two options. The standard thing that have been... -
Which protocol handles fragmenting more nowadays?
Jason, thanks for the reply. It is true that intermediate nodes go only as high as level 3, but how about the host, where communication starts? Would the initial host more often fragment large outgoing chunks of data on the TCP level or on the IP level? Thanks, Pesho -
Which protocol handles fragmenting more nowadays?
Hello all, I heard somewhere that even though traditionally the IP protocol handles packet fragmentation, nowadays most packets that travel throuhg the Internet are fragmented by TCP instead. I am doing some research which involves virtually simulating networks running on the TCP/IP protocol...
