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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. MSL is explained in RFC 793. | |||
