"A correctly-formed ping packet is typically 56 bytes in size, or 84 bytes when the Internet Protocol header is considered. However, any IPv4 packet (including

"A correctly-formed ping packet is typically 56 bytes in size, or 84 bytes when the Internet Protocol header is considered. However, any IPv4 packet (including pings) may be as large as 65,535 bytes." Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping_of_death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping_of_death ;-)