Networking - Programming Language (MCQ) questions for Q. 11911

Q.  If all the links on the internet provide reliable delivery services, then will this TCP delivery service be redundant?
- Published on 23 Sep 15

a. Yes
b. No

ANSWER: No
 

    Discussion

  • Prajakta Pandit   -Posted on 14 Oct 15

            - The answer should be No .

            - If all the individual links were completely reliable, this would not guarantee that the end-to-end communication between hosts was reliable.

            - To provide end-to-end reliability between two hosts requires a higher layer service.

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