TCP option 6, Echo request

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Description:

Protocol suite: TCP/IP.
Protocol type:Transport layer protocol.
Option length:6 bytes
Host implementation:Obsolete.
Router implementation:Obsolete.
Links: IANA: TCP option numbers.

The TCP Echo request option may be sent in any segment.


MAC header IP header TCP header TCP option 6 Data

TCP Option 6:

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Kind Length
Info
:::

Kind. 8 bits. Set to 6.

Length. 8 bits. Set to 6.

Info. 32 bits.
Information that the TCP receiver may send back in a subsequent TCP Echo reply option.


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Obsolete RFCs:

[RFC 1072] TCP Extensions for Long-Delay Paths.


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