For a class project I had to code an TCP/UDP echo client and server and then capture the resulting packets using TCPDUMP. Here is the output for sending 1000 characters (1000 bytes) from a file from ...

The purpose of the network layer is to help route messages between different local networks. Central to this layer is the concept of exclusive network addresses, where every terminal connected to the ...

I'm reading Comer's TCP/IP book, where (page 107 of the 4th edition, if you're interested) he states: <BR><BLOCKQUOTE class="ip_ubbcode_quote"><font size="-1">quote ...

Network data compression is becoming so commonplace that router vendors have begun including limited compression features – such as TCP/IP header compression – in most models. However, for maximum ...

As mentioned in the review, TCP/IP header compression comes standard on most of today’s network equipment. It is defined in RFC 1144 and compresses 40 bytes of header down to an average of 5 bytes. It ...

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is the basic communication protocol of the Internet as well as many private networks throughout the world. Along with User Data Protocol (UDP), TCP represents the ...

NetBIOS, short for Network Basic Input/Output System, is a Windows API used when DNS is not available. It runs over TCP/IP as a fallback method and is not enabled by default. However, Microsoft ...