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IP fragmentation

IP fragmentation is an Internet Protocol (IP) process that breaks packets into smaller pieces (fragments), so that the resulting pieces can pass through a link with a smaller maximum transmission unit (MTU) than the original packet size. The fragments are reassembled by the receiving host.

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Impact on network forwarding

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Process

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IPv4 and IPv6 differences

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Impact on network forwarding

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IP fragmentation

Nodes23
Edges22
Triples34
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.086957
Components1

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IP fragmentation

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related to Process · 14
IP fragmentation → Don't Fragment, Fragment, ID, If, IP, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, More Fragments, NAT, Reassembly, RFC, The Identification, Wikisource-logo
has impact · 10
IP fragmentation → CEF, IP, LAG, MTU, One, Path MTU Discovery, TCP, The, Thus, When
see also · 6
IP fragmentation → Arranging, ATM, Fragmentation, FragmentationIP, IPv4, Service
related to External links · 2
IP fragmentation → The Never-Ending Story, What
is a · 1
IP fragmentation → Internet Protocol

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packets ip fragmentation packet ipv6 mtu size fragments ipv4 network host reassembly fragmented bytes larger protocol algorithm fragment reassemble reassembled

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IP fragmentationis aInternet Protocol0.90text
TCP must retransmit all of the fragments in order to recover from the loss of a single fragmentinstance ofOne goal of the algorithm is to ensure all packets of the same flow are sent out the same path to minimize unnecessary packet reordering.IP fragmentation can cause excessive ret…0.80text
IP fragmentationhas impactWhen0.60section
IP fragmentationhas impactLAG0.60section
IP fragmentationhas impactCEF0.60section
IP fragmentationhas impactOne0.60section
IP fragmentationhas impactIP0.60section
IP fragmentationhas impactTCP0.60section
IP fragmentationhas impactThus0.60section
IP fragmentationhas impactThe0.60section
IP fragmentationhas impactMTU0.60section
IP fragmentationhas impactPath MTU Discovery0.60section

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