Answer to Question #273318 in Computer Networks for May

Question

EXPLAIN in details why the fragmentation considered as a harmful method to be used in internet protocols.

Answer 1

IP fragmentation is an Internet Protocol (IP) process that breaks a packet into smaller pieces (fragments), and the resulting pieces can pass through the connection with a maximum transmission unit (MTU) that is smaller than the original packet size.IP fragmentation is cobsidered harmful because it can cause excessive retransmissions if a fragment experiences packet loss and trusted protocols such as TCP retransmit all fragments to recover from the loss of a single fragment.