RE: why is ICMP on the Internet layer
I think because
1) it's not in the Link Layer because you can't use to to connect devices
2) it's not in the transport layer because it can't be used to transport data
3) it's not in the application layer because it's not using a transport layer to operate.
This post was edited on 07-13-2008 at 03:23 AM by Ezra.
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