NETWORK LAYER
INTRODUCTION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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ICMP is primarily used for ____
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error and diagnostic functions
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addressing
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forwarding
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routing
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is error reporting. ICMP: The Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) is a network layer protocol used by network devices to diagnose network communication issues.
Detailed explanation-2: -ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) is an error-reporting protocol that network devices such as routers use to generate error messages to the source IP address when network problems prevent delivery of IP packets.
Detailed explanation-3: -ICMP uses the source IP address to send the error message to the source (originator) of the datagram. Five types of errors are handled: destination unreachable, source quench, time exceeded, parameter problems, and redirection (see figure1).
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