Learning Objectives for IS333, Chapter 22

Students will be able to...

• Explain what it means that IP is a connectionless delivery service.
• Explain the concept of a hardware-independent (or virtual) packet.
• Explain the importance of the source and destination IP addresses in an IP packet.
  
• Demonstrate to others how a router forwards an IP datagram.
• Explain the necessity of the longest prefix match algorithm.
• Differentiate between a destination address and next-hop address.
• Demonstrate how headers can change as a packet traverses an internet.
• Explain the important role of the TTL field.
• Explain the importance of an MTU.
• Demonstrate how fragmentation and reassembly are done.