Match the following TCP timers (List 1) with their functionality (List 2).…

Match the following TCP timers (List 1) with their functionality (List 2).

List 1

List 2

A. Time Wait Timer

1. Runs for twice the maximum segment lifetime, ensuring all stray duplicate packets have died out after a connection closes.

B. Keep Alive Timer

2. Designed to prevent a flow-control deadlock.

C. Persistent Timer

3. When this timer expires, the system checks whether the peer is still reachable.

D. Time-out (Retransmission) Timer

4. If the acknowledgment fails to arrive before the timer expires, the corresponding segment is retransmitted.

Choose the option that gives the correct matching.

  1. A.

    A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4

  2. B.

    A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4

  3. C.

    A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1

  4. D.

    A-4, B-2, C-3, D-1

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