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Network Fundamentals Simulator

TCP handshake & state machine

Click Next to walk through a full TCP connection — open, one data byte, then a graceful close. Sequence and acknowledgment numbers update in real time. Both endpoints\' states light up as they change.

Step: — idle —
CLIENT CLOSED SERVER LISTEN
TCP segment on the wire
Click Next to send the first SYN…
What this step does
TCP connection begins when the client sends a SYN with its initial sequence number. The server is passively LISTENing.
seq(client) = · ack(client) =
seq(server) = · ack(server) =

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