Answer to Question #317349 in Computer Networks for Avi

Question

Discuss the IPv4 Datagram with the help of suitable examples

Answer 1

An IPv4 packet is called a datagram. It is made up of a header and a data part: IPv4 header contains a 20-byte fixed mandatory part, followed by optional fields.

IPv4 uses 32-bit (4 byte) addressing, which gives 2³² addresses. IPv4 addresses are written in the dot-decimal notation, which comprises of four octets of the address expressed individually in decimal and separated by periods, for instance, 192.168.1.5.