What is the purpose of the TTL field within an IP packet header?

IT Questions BankCategory: CCNA 2 v4What is the purpose of the TTL field within an IP packet header?

What is the purpose of the TTL field within an IP packet header?

  • clears an unreachable route from the routing table after the invalid timer expires
  • prevents regular update messages from inappropriately reinstating a route that may have gone bad
  • removes an unreachable route from the routing table after the flush timer expires
  • limits the period of time or number of hops a packet can traverse through the network before it should be discarded
  • used to mark the route as unreachable in a routing update that is sent to other routers

Exam with this question: CCNA Exploration 2: ERouting Final Exam

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