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user1544411
user1544411

Reputation: 41

IP fragmentation and TCP ACK

I have a question on how TCP_ACK works when the original packet are fragmented.

For example, original packet size is 1,500*N bytes and MTU is 1,500. Then, the packet will be frgmented into (approximately) N packets. In this case, how does the receiver sends TCP_ACK to the sender? I checked with wireshark, it seems that the receiver sends TCP_ACK for every two fragmented packet. Is it right?

Could you give me some refereces for this or explanation? Thanks.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 2124

Answers (1)

jman
jman

Reputation: 11596

IP layer on the receiver stack reassembles all the IP fragments into a single TCP segment before handing the packet over to TCP. Under normal conditions, TCP should send only one ACK for the entire TCP segment. The ACK # would be the next expected SEQ # as usual.

Upvotes: 3

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