TCP option 6, Echo

Description:

  Implementation
Host Obsolete.
Router Obsolete.

This option may be sent in any segment, but only if a TCP Echo option was received in a SYN segment for the connection.


MAC header IP header TCP header TCP option  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 receiving TCP may send back in a subsequent TCP Echo Reply option.


Glossary:


RFCs:

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