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Let a file of 16 GB has to be transferrred from  host A to host B. Assume an MSS size of 2048B. Then what is maximum number of segments that can be transferred such that TCP sequence no don't get exhausted.Assume TCP sequence field 32 bits

a)2^21 b)2^23 c)2^11 d)none

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As seq field 32 bit,so wrap around of TCP is 2^32 B

That means using TCP we can transfer maximum 4 GB data

So,max no of segment that can be transferred is 2^32/2048 = 2^21