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Socket.prototype.setTTL - node__dgram.d.ts - Node documentation
method Socket.prototype.setTTL

Usage in Deno

```typescript import { Socket } from "node:node__dgram.d.ts"; ```
Socket.prototype.setTTL(ttl: number): number
Sets the `IP_TTL` socket option. While TTL generally stands for "Time to Live", in this context it specifies the number of IP hops that a packet is allowed to travel through. Each router or gateway that forwards a packet decrements the TTL. If the TTL is decremented to 0 by a router, it will not be forwarded. Changing TTL values is typically done for network probes or when multicasting. The `ttl` argument may be between 1 and 255\. The default on most systems is 64. This method throws `EBADF` if called on an unbound socket.

Parameters

ttl: number

Return Type

number