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TTL (Time To Live)

Specifies the default time to live (TTL) for IP packets from Microsoft TCP/IP. It is a field in the Internet Protocol header which indicates how many more hops this packet should be allowed to make before being discarded or returned. This time specifies the maximum number of routers that the packet may be forwarded through on to its destination. That means the maximum number of hops permitted. For example Windows 95 default is 32. However; with our internet today this number should be larger say 128.