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Technical Q&A NW62
TCP/IP Option Sizes
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Q: I'm confused by the size of various TCP/IP options. For example, the documentation says that IP_MULTICAST_LOOP is a 4-byte option, but the IPMulticastPitch sample negotiates a size of 1 byte. What's the scoop?
A: In this case, the documentation is wrong. The following table enumerates all the TCP/IP options and their sizes.
XTI Level
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XTI Name
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Size
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INET_IP
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IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP
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sizeof(struct ip_mreq)
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INET_IP
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IP_BROADCAST
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4
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INET_IP
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IP_BROADCAST_IFADDR
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4
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INET_IP
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IP_DONTROUTE
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4
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INET_IP
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IP_DROP_MEMBERSHIP
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sizeof(struct ip_mreq)
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INET_IP
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IP_HDRINCL
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4
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INET_IP
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IP_MULTICAST_IF
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4
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INET_IP
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IP_MULTICAST_LOOP
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1
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*
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INET_IP
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IP_MULTICAST_TTL
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1
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INET_IP
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IP_OPTIONS
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<= 40
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INET_IP
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IP_RECVDSTADDR
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4
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INET_IP
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IP_RECVIFADDR
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4
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INET_IP
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IP_RECVOPTS
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4
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INET_IP
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IP_REUSEADDR
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4
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INET_IP
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IP_REUSEPORT
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4
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INET_IP
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IP_TOS
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1
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INET_IP
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IP_TTL
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1
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INET_TCP
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TCP_ABORT_THRESHOLD
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4
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INET_TCP
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TCP_CONN_ABORT_THRESHOLD
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4
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INET_TCP
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TCP_CONN_NOTIFY_THRESHOLD
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4
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INET_TCP
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TCP_KEEPALIVE
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sizeof(struct t_kpalive)
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*
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INET_TCP
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TCP_MAXSEG
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4
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INET_TCP
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TCP_NODELAY
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4
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INET_TCP
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TCP_NOTIFY_THRESHOLD
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4
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INET_TCP
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TCP_OOBINLINE
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4
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INET_TCP
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TCP_URGENT_PTR_TYPE
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4
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INET_UDP
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UDP_CHECKSUM
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4
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INET_UDP
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UDP_RX_ICMP
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1
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*
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XTI_GENERIC
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XTI_DEBUG
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4
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XTI_GENERIC
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XTI_LINGER
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sizeof(struct t_linger)
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XTI_GENERIC
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XTI_PROTOTYPE
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4
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XTI_GENERIC
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XTI_RCVBUF
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4
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XTI_GENERIC
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XTI_RCVLOWAT
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4
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XTI_GENERIC
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XTI_SNDBUF
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4
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XTI_GENERIC
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XTI_SNDLOWAT
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4
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Note:
The IP_REUSEPORT and IP_BROADCAST_IFADDR are not currently supported by Open Transport (as of version 2.0.3). They will be available in a future release of Open Transport.
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[Apr 26 1999]