RFC 1470:FYI on a Network Management Tool Catalog:...
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ICMP Packet


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... an gateway with a time-to-live value of 0, an ICMP packet is sent to the host which generated the packet. By sending packets ...
... packet sent out is also time stamped. The time stamp is returned as part of the ICMP packet so a round trip delay can be calculated. ...



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