course hero why do some packets have sequence numbers

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What happens to the sequence number after the server sends a response?

Why do some packets have sequence numbers? a. The packets that don’t have the sequence numbers are the ACK segments and the rest are segments like SYN, and FIN and they have sequence numbers

What is the sequence number for the first two steps?

The 32 bit sequence number field defines the number assigned to the first byte of data contained in this segment. To ensure connectivity, each byte to be transmitted is numbered. Why does your computer send packets to the webserver that you requested data from ? Computer sends small packets to the server to let the webserver know what type or kind of data to send and where to …

What does 726 mean in packet 7?

Answer (1 of 2): On ethernet systems, there are two kinds of protocol in common use. * UDP - which is an unreliable (but very efficient method) that doesn’t guarantee that a message will get where it’s going. * TCP - which is reliable. The messages with …

What is the sequence number for a 1448 byte request?

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What is the sequence number of a TCP packet?

The client on either side of a TCP session maintains a 32-bit sequence number it uses to keep track of how much data it has sent. This sequence number is included on each transmitted packet, and acknowledged by the opposite host as an acknowledgement number to inform the sending host that the transmitted data was received successfully.

Why is the sequence number of the client increased to 726?

The sequence number of the client has been increased to 726 because of the last packet it sent. Having received 1448 bytes of data from the server, the client increases its acknowledgement number from 1 to 1449.

What are the flags in TCP?

TCP utilizes a number of flags, or 1-bit boolean fields, in its header to control the state of a connection. The three we're most interested in here are: 1 SYN - (Synchronize) Initiates a connection 2 FIN - (Final) Cleanly terminates a connection 3 ACK - Acknowledges received data

How does the server acknowledge the client's desire to terminate the connection?

The server acknowledges the client's desire to terminate the connection by increasing the acknowledgement number by one (similar to what was done in packet #2 to acknowledge the SYN flag) and setting the FIN flag as well.

What is packet 38?

Packet #38 is sent by the client with the FIN flag set. Its acknowledgement number remains the same as in the prior packet (#37).

Is TCP a complex protocol?

Unfortunately, that's where TCP education ends for many networkers. Despite its age, TCP is a relatively complex protocol and well worth knowing intimately. This article aims to help you become more comfortable examining TCP sequence and acknowledgement numbers in the Wireshark packet analyzer.

TCP Relative Sequence Numbers & TCP Window Scaling

By default Wireshark and TShark will keep track of all TCP sessions and convert all Sequence Numbers (SEQ numbers) and Acknowledge Numbers (ACK Numbers) into relative numbers.

Example capture file

TCP Stream 0 - client and server provide shift count (scale factor) in SYN and SYN/ACK TCP options.