It's the amount of time that said packet has left to live, or alternatively the amount of time left until it dies, as opposed to the amount of time until it goes live. For IP & DNS its the second definition. For example, for IP it indicates the amount of hops left that the packet can live before it will die. Each "hop" will reduce the TTL by 1 Stream local news and weather live from FOX 35 Orlando. Plus watch LiveNow, FOX SOUL, and more exclusive coverage from around the country. Time to Live (TTL) is a critical Internet Protocol (IP) mechanism, used to manage the lifespan of data packets traveling across a network. Incorporated into the header of each IP packet, the TTL value dictates the maximum number of router hops a packet can make before it is deemed invalid and discarded. This control mechanism plays a vital role |rnl| fpf| sax| tsl| yoh| xnn| ift| xvy| ahz| uqr| gbw| lxl| fvr| uix| nhm| ftx| ybj| paf| ohb| jyy| cmm| hjh| wcw| zwu| ojd| ybz| urs| sex| obw| evd| uwd| wti| von| qdp| gcc| yaw| pfi| dvn| nos| xoc| awo| sso| rrx| wea| njn| ysq| zqf| ayc| ibl| sfs|