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 ...

Researchers have found a new approach to finding shortest paths, but it's complex Systems Approach Last year a couple of people forwarded to me the same article on a new method of finding shortest ...

Networking is a new concept for many embedded engineers. The goal of this book, therefore, is to provide a bridge that spans from basic concepts to how to add networking functionality to an embedded ...

Your network isn’t slow. It’s fighting itself.

Most packet protocols permit virtually any packet to encapsulate another. So, it's difficult for any network administrator to know just what is passing through the network. The solution to this ...

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 ...

When it comes to complexity of network connectors, you have got multiple levels, with a switch (hub) at the bottom and a router at the top. A hub is an astonishingly dumb gadget. It accepts a packet ...

Setting filters on routers might be mandatory for access control and usage tracking, but suffering a performance hit is strictly optional. We took six access routers from five vendors and loaded the ...

Raleigh-based health care system upgrades backbone network connecting hospitals, clinics and data centers for improved performance and scalable service delivery WakeMed is an 870-bed private, ...