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Fragmentation: - An Internetworking Concept
Fragmentation: - An Internetworking Concept
- An Internetworking concept
Shashwat Shriparv
dwivedishashwat@gmail.com
InfinitySoft
What is fragmentation?
Transparent
Non transparent
Transparent Fragmentation
Caused by a “small packet” network
transparent to any subsequent networks
through which the packet may pass on its
way to the destination
Gateways fragment oversized packets,
each addressed to the same exit gateway,
where they are recombined
The process carries on until destination is
reached
Problems