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   Jorgen Grahn to Ganga   
   Re: IP address   
   10 Aug 10 11:27:12   
   
   cbeb0057   
   From: grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se   
      
   On Tue, 2010-08-10, Ganga wrote:   
   > How does the IP layer come to know about the destination IP address?   
   > Does the application layer give that to it?   
      
   Yes. That's general I suppose. If a protocol offers the service of   
   sending data from A to B, it's up to the user of the service (living   
   on A) to specify B and the data.   
      
   /Jorgen   
      
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