Reassemble at the destination
05Fragment offsets place data into a reassembly buffer at the destination.
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RFC 791 · § 3.2EXAMPLE
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Deliver only after the complete data range has arrived.
Deliver only after the complete data range has arrived.
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Reassembly depends on identification, addresses, protocol, offsets, and the final-fragment information.
- Reassembly depends on identification, addresses, protocol, offsets, and the final-fragment information.
- Missing fragments can cause the incomplete reassembly to time out.
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