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What is the purpose of the Hop Limit field in an IPv6 packet header?

What is the purpose of the Hop Limit field in an IPv6 packet header?

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It is used to indicate the maximum number of intermediate nodes IPv6 packet is allowed to travel. It similar to TTL in ipv4 address

The value will be decremented every time a packet is forwarded

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