Internet Protocol header
Attribute
Protocol
Check
Sour_Addr
Dest_Addr
Options
IP header number list
The IP Protocol header contains an 8-bit field that identifies the protocol for the
Transport layer for the datagram.
Keyword
ICMP
IGMP
GGP
IP
ST
TCP
UCL
EGP
IGP
BBN-RCC-MON
NVP-II
PUP
ARGUS
EMCON
XNET
CHAOS
UDP
MUX
DCN-MEAS
HMP
PRM
XNS-IDP
TRUNK-1
TRUNK-2
LEAF-1
LEAF-2
2
Size
Description
8 bits
IP protocol number. Indicates which of TCP , UDP , ICMP ,
IGMP , or other Transport protocol is inside.
16 bits
Checksum for the IP header
32 bits
Source IP address
32 bits
Destination IP address
24 bits
IP Options (Present if IHL is 6)
Number
Protocol
0
Reserved
1
Internet Control Message
2
Internet Group Management
3
Gateway-to-Gateway
4
IP-within-IP (encapsulation)
5
Stream
6
Transmission Control Protocol
7
UCL
8
Exterior Gateway Protocol
9
Any private interior gateway
10
BBN RCC Monitoring
11
Network Voice Protocol
12
PUP
13
ARGUS
14
EMCON
15
Cross Net Debugger
16
Chaos
17
User Datagram Protocol
18
Multiplexing
19
DCN Measurement Subsystems
20
Host Monitoring
21
Packet Radio Measurement
22
XEROX NS IDP
23
Trunk-1
24
Trunk-2
25
Leaf-1
26
Leaf-2