user3394598
Reputation:
Why TCP segment doesn't contain IP address
Why the TCP segment only contains the port numbers but no IP addresses? How does the packet know which host it is going to?
Upvotes: 1
Views: 357
Answers (1)
betteroutthanin
Reputation: 7546
Because the TCP segment is encapsulated into an Internet Protocol (IP) datagram, and the IP datagram contains the source and destination IP.
Upvotes: 1
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