This experiment is straightforward. If you
are working on a Unix system, type man
ping to see what options are available.
On Windows type ping /?.
It is useful to set the size of the packets
you send to a high number. This will result
in fragmentation which can be observed
using a packet sniffer such as the one described
in Experiment 3.5.
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