Q. 12 While opening a TCP connection, the initial sequence number is to be derived
using a time-of-day (ToD) clock that keeps running even when the host is down.
he low order 32 bits of the counter of TOD clock is to be used for the initial
sequence numbers. The clock counter increments once per millisecond. The
maximum packet lifetime is given to be 64s.
Which one of the choices given below is closet to the minimum permissible rate at
which sequence numbers used for packets of a connection can increase ?
(A) 0.015/s
(B) 0.064/s
(C) 0.135/s
(D) 0.327/s
Answer: (A)
Explanation:
