Background first (you can skip to the last sentence if you don't care): I'm trying to write a game where short text commands are sent between the client and server frequently. It's entirely possible ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. At trade shows, I occasionally walk into a booth and discover a product I really want to ...

Several folks have written to comment on the 250% increase in overhead I attributed to IPv6 in my previous column on the topic. They’re right. The number is overstated, for a rather embarrassing ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In past lessons, we discussed some important numbers used in IP networks. One was 1460, the ...

It’s a common benchmarking practice to take multiple measurements of throughput or latency, each using a different packet size. There’s no one right answer as to which packet size represents the ‘best ...

Modern switches and routers often use dynamic RAM (DRAM) in order to provide large buffer storage space. However, the effective bandwidth of DRAM is frequently a limiting factor in the design of ...

Do you know where your traffic is? Serial protocol analyzers easily locate bits, bytes, packets, and headers. To win a trade-magazine design challenge, Ted needed to list 15 high-speed buses in order ...

This file type includes high-resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Bluetooth is the protocol of choice when it comes to wireless connectivity for numerous applications like home and ...

The DNSSEC protocol will bring improved security to the internet but also larger packet sizes. Before you run into problems, you can check that your resolver is able to cope with these larger packets, ...