Do you remember when we used multi-protocol routing for IPX, AppleTalk, and TCP/IP running on the same network? In the 1980s and early 1990s many enterprises had multiple protocols running on the ...

At the inception of TCP/IP, X.25 networks were already widely used, especially outside the United States. The major change, and one that would continue to be an issue for the next several years, is ...

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 ...

We all want, and need, the fastest possible Internet. To give that to its customers, Microsoft is upgrading its TCP/IP networking stack in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016. These improvements are ...

Over the last several years, TCP/IP has gone from being the protocol that only geeks use, to a universal protocol that everyone uses, thanks to the widespread use of the Internet. TCP/IP has been ...

“Not being overcomplicated is Modbus TCP/IP’s biggest draw, not only for PLCs, but especially for PC-based applications,” said Jason Haldeman, senior product specialist for I/O and networking at ...

The data transfer in a TCP/IP network is usually block-based. From a programmer’s point of view, sending data means issuing a series of “send data block” requests. On a system level, sending an ...

When a user requests a Web page, his browser sends numerous requests for different types of information — such as Java applet, multimedia and database access — resulting in as many as 50 connection ...