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 ...

One frame in a packet-switched message. Most data communications is based on dividing the transmitted message into packets. For example, an Ethernet packet can be from 64 to 1,518 bytes in length.

In the last newsletter, we continued a discussion of discarding voice vs. data packets. This time we’ll continue that discussion with a proposal for how data transmission could be greatly enhanced by ...

Resource constrained data centers cannot waste anything on their way to efficiency. Answers vary depending on data-center size, and include PODS. What will need to be in place to make this a practical ...

'The incorporation of Packet into Equinix will accelerate the delivery of enhanced edge services to Equinix's growing customer base, while continuing to serve the developer community that has come to ...

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 ...

If legislation like SOPA and PIPA ever passes, it may require your ISP to start monitoring your online activity with deep packet inspection It’s easy to turn a deaf ear to the controversy surrounding ...

Data that are transmitted in packets, which is the architecture of the Internet. Increasingly, all data are packet data as the Internet protocol (IP) is used to transmit every kind of media, including ...