Ask AI: How many IP packets will it take to send an image file that has 100,321 bytes of data?

The size of an IP packet can vary, but it often has a maximum transmission unit (MTU) of 1500 bytes. This is not all available for your data though, as the IP header itself is typically 20 bytes and if you're using TCP (which is common), that's another 20 bytes, leaving 1460 bytes for your data. So, assuming you're using TCP over IP and you have images exactly 100,321 bytes in size: 100,321 bytes / 1460 bytes = about 68.73 packets Since you can't send a fraction of a packet and every packet must be an integer, you would need to send 69 packets. This estimation does not take into account any further division of packets by lower network layers or retransmissions that might occur due to network errors. Also, the MTU size can be different on different networks.