Users cannot access a webserver and after the traffic is captured, the capture tool snows an ICMP packet that reports "time exceeded in-transit". What is the cause of this webserver access issue?

The correct answer is B. A router along the path is misrouting the packets in a wrong direction. If an ICMP packet reports "time exceeded in-transit," the TTL value of the IP packet reached zero. In normal operation, a network should not have a diameter so great that the TTL gets reduced to zero. The most common occurrence of this is when there is a routing loop.

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AThe large distance between the server and the users means that the packets require too much
BA router along the path is misrouting the packets in a wrong direction.
CA router along the path has the wrong time.
DThe server is overloaded and the connection was not able to be processed in time.

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If an ICMP packet reports "time exceeded in-transit," the TTL value of the IP packet reached zero. In normal operation, a network should not have a diameter so great that the TTL gets reduced to zero. The most common occurrence of this is when there is a routing loop.

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#ICMP#TTL#Routing#Network Troubleshooting

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