Specify the Default Time to Live for TCP/IP Packets (Windows NT/2000/XP) Popular

Specifies the default Time To Live (TTL) value set in the header of outgoing IP packets. The TTL determines the maximum amount of time an IP packet may live in the network without reaching its destination. It is effectively a limit on the number of routers an IP packet may pass through before being discarded.

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Open your registry and find or create the key below.

Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called "DefaultTTL" and set it according to the value data below.

Exit your registry; you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.

		DefaultTTL	REG_DWORD	0x00000080 (128)

	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\P...

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