I have this scenario where the MAC address table in my switch ages out MAC addresses of devices that it hasn't heard from after 5 minutes. I could extend this time, but the scenario also requires that ...

As everyone know that TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) and UDP (User Datagram Protocol) are internet protocols which are used for communication through internet. The communication takes places ...

Have you ever performed surgery on data packets? There are times when that may be the best way to troubleshoot and optimize your network. This edition of the Packet Professor will get you started in ...

In the last issue we started following a packet's journey from the wire up to the higher levels of network stack processing. We left the packet at the end of layer 3 processing, where IP has ...

Only so much data can be passed through the network and to your computer's networking interfaces. This is limited by the amount of bandwidth you have. The more bandwidth you have, the faster your ...

All too often we shy away from the depths of IP protocols, leaving the application vendors such as Microsoft; Wowza Media Systems, LLC; RealNetworks, Inc.; Adobe Systems, Inc.; and others with more ...

The two most common transport layer protocols are the transmission control protocol (TCP) and the user datagram protocol (UDP). One of the main differences between the two protocols is reliability.

I have been trying to implement a packet sniffer on QNX to read outgoing UDP packets for a software unit test. As far as I am aware, it isn't possible to create a raw socket and set it promiscuous ...

F5 Labs has detected a WireX variant capable of launching UDP flood DDoS attacks. The WireX botnet presented defenders with many superlatives: the largest mobile botnet ever; hundreds of mobile apps ...