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Cs2204 Unit 4

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CS2204 Communications and Networking Written Assignment Unit 4 1. What are the ways in which we can keep a check on the number of duplicate packets generated due to the Flooding Routing technique? One way to keep a check on the number of duplicate packets is to place a counter in the header of the packet which decrements at each hop. When the counter reaches zero, the packet is discarded. Another method is to keep track of which packets have been flooded and avoid sending them out again. 2. Though Flooding is not a very efficient routing method, it still finds use in a number of applications. Name at least 2 such applications you can think of. Flooding is used in bridges and also in peer-to-peer file sharing. 3. Store and Forward Switches have

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