Originally posted by microcode
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check 15. IP addresses
* 32-bit IP addresses are stored in an IP address struct.
- IP addresses are always stored in memory in network byte order (big-endian byte order)
- True in general for any integer transferred in a packet header from one machine to another.
- E.g., the port number used to identify an Internet connection
You can't route packets between routers in Little Endian, they don't understand it, also ports for protocols and such, you need to convert..
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