A network router plays a crucial role in how data packets travel to and from a computer to host across the Internet. Routers serve as the junction point between the computers in a network and an ...

Take advantage of TCP/IP options to optimize data transmission Your email has been sent By Alex Kuznetsov, Alex Plant, and Alexander Tormasov Last time, we explained how the TCP_CORK option can ...

I'd like to have complete control over the ethernet header and anything else I may care to add (ARP, IP, etc information) to a packet, and then send them. I just did it in C++ using WinPcap, but if ...

LOS ANGELES—This is the second installment of a contribution from Jim DeFilippis on SDI versus IP. For Part 1, see “Which Switch is Which?” The second tale-of-the-tape issue is delay or latency. There ...

Heres everything you need to know to get started in setting up Linux routing parameters. The Linux operating system makes a perfect solution to your routing needs. With phenomenal uptime and simple ...

Real-world communications over the Internet are becoming more and more widespread. In particular, commercial transactions, which deserve a high level of security, often take place over our ...

Network geeks among you may remember my article, “Linux Socket Filter: Sniffing Bytes over the Network”, in the June 2001 issue of LJ, regarding the use of the packet filter built inside the Linux ...

When discussing Ethernet data, the terms frame and packet are often used interchangeably. Frames and packets are the electronic containers that carry our data from point-to-point by navigating LANs ...