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Maximum segment size

The maximum segment size (MSS) is a parameter of the Options field of the TCP header that specifies the largest amount of data, specified in bytes, that a computer or communications device can receive in a single TCP segment. It does not count the TCP header or the IP header (unlike, for example, the MTU for IP datagrams).: §3.7.1 The IP datagram…

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MSS and MTU

Link layerTransport layerProtocol data unitNetwork layer
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TCP headerBytesIP headerMTUIP datagram
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Default value

SYNTCP handshake
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MSS and MTU

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Maximum segment size

Nodes22
Edges21
Triples7
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.090909
Components1

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Maximum segment size

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related to Default value · 7
Maximum segment size → For IPv6, IPv4, TCP, TCP Maximum Segment Size, TCP SYN, The, Where

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tcp mss ip mtu header maximum size default segment data value mdds may fragmentation example tcphdrlen segments option datagram must

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Maximum segment sizerelated to Default valueThe0.60section
Maximum segment sizerelated to Default valueTCP Maximum Segment Size0.60section
Maximum segment sizerelated to Default valueIPv40.60section
Maximum segment sizerelated to Default valueFor IPv60.60section
Maximum segment sizerelated to Default valueWhere0.60section
Maximum segment sizerelated to Default valueTCP0.60section
Maximum segment sizerelated to Default valueTCP SYN0.60section

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