Re: Changing TTL of incoming packets?

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"Angel Tsankov" <fn42551@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:uq4cdJW6FHA.252@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Well, let's concentrate on the gateway case. When the gateway receives a packet (from the Internet) it usually has to forward
> it to the host that's waiting for it. Unfortunately, if the TTL is 1 the gateway will drop the packet and the host will get
> nothing. Can I change the TTL of packets from 1 to, say, 2 in order to avoid this problem?

Depends on who are you. If you are (in) the gateway, you can.

--PA


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