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   Message 12,930 of 14,669   
   Barry Margolin to lancer6238@yahoo.com   
   Re: IPv4 fragmentation flags   
   17 Jun 09 20:40:38   
   
   11473e32   
   From: barmar@alum.mit.edu   
      
   In article   
   <1722fa2c-1786-454a-b739-6aa25d293f74@z9g2000yqi.googlegroups.com>,   
    "lancer6238@yahoo.com"  wrote:   
      
   > Hi,   
   >   
   > If I have an IPv4 packet with the Don't Fragmentation flag set to 0,   
   > it means that this packet may be a fragment, but may also be a   
   > complete packet, right?   
      
   That's not what the flag means.  It means that a router is allowed to   
   fragment it when forwarding it.   
      
   > So how do I tell if this packet is a complete   
   > packet? When the More Fragment flag is 0 and the Fragment Offset field   
   > is zero?   
      
   That part is correct.   
      
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