In the past few newsletters, we described in considerable detail the mechanisms that are in place in TCP to ensure efficient transport of information. In particular, we concentrated on the ability of ...

Today, we’re continuing Jim’s discussion with Jamie Batmanglidj, senior systems architect for Comcast Media Center, who described his company’s challenge of transferring large files over the WAN. He ...

Low-cost software-based protocol analysis vendor Network Instruments LLC on Monday will make its first foray into WAN protocol analysis with its new WAN Observer. The protocol analysis and monitoring ...

TR-069 describes the Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) WAN Management Protocol (CWMP), intended for communication between a CPE and Auto-Configuration Server (ACS). The Secure Socket Layer (SSL) in ...

From the start, Linux has been the operating system of choice for network appliances—devices that provide services such as network address translation (NAT), firewalling, virtual private networks (VPN ...

As IT environments grow more complex, applications are being delivered from a wide range of sources, including the internet, data centers and other remote sites, placing increasing demands on wide ...

Three proposals covering storage over Ethernet coexist in the Internet Engineering Task Force working group: Fibre Channel over Internet Protocol (FCIP), storage-area networks (SANs) that use Fibre ...

Ekinops, a provider of optical transport and aggregation solutions, introduced its 10G transponder and protocol converter. The PM 1001 is the most recent addition to the Ekinops PM Series, an advanced ...

This multi-protocol processor is accompanied by several "claims to fame". The 10-Gb/s device has been introduced as the industry's first multi-protocol processor for 10-Gb Ethernet LAN/WAN, 10-Gb/s ...