Hi,
Can some one explain me the following ICMP mesg. Why is it exactly used. I
am having difficulty in comprehending the meaning of the description
attached to this mesg.
Information Request or Information Reply Message
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Type | Code | Checksum |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Identifier | Sequence Number |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
IP Fields:
Addresses
The address of the source in a information request message will be
the destination of the information reply message. To form a
information reply message, the source and destination addresses
are simply reversed, the type code changed to 16, and the checksum
recomputed.
IP Fields:
Type
15 for information request message;
16 for information reply message.
Code
0
Checksum
The checksum is the 16-bit ones's complement of the one's
complement sum of the ICMP message starting with the ICMP Type.
For computing the checksum , the checksum field should be zero.
This checksum may be replaced in the future.
Identifier
If code = 0, an identifier to aid in matching request and replies,
may be zero.
Sequence Number
If code = 0, a sequence number to aid in matching request and
replies, may be zero.
Description
This message may be sent with the source network in the IP header
source and destination address fields zero (which means "this"
network). The replying IP module should send the reply with the
addresses fully specified. This message is a way for a host to
find out the number of the network it is on.
The identifier and sequence number may be used by the echo sender
to aid in matching the replies with the requests. For example,
the identifier might be used like a port in TCP or UDP to identify
a session, and the sequence number might be incremented on each
request sent. The destination returns these same values in the
reply.
Code 0 may be received from a gateway or a host.
Regards
Shankar