What is the minimum size of an Ethernet frame that carries an IP packet which in turn carries an ICMP packet? What is the maximum size? The minimum size of an ...

In the last RTFM we saw how IP packets are transmitted across the network. Here, we tackle Ethernet and see how packets are encapsulated and used. To explain fully the way in which IP packets are used ...

Since the AV world has gone a little crazy over Ethernet and IP, I decided to try to learn more about each by using books and web sources. To my surprise, it seems as though there is not uniform ...

When balancing traffic, network administrators often wish to avoid reordering Ethernet frames. For example, TCP suffers additional overheads when dealing with out-of-order packets. This goal is ...

Ethernet is a frame-based data communication technology that employs variable-sized frames to carry a data payload. This contrasts with long-haul Optical Transport Networks (OTN) that use fixed-sized ...

The venerable ESP8266 has rocked the Internet of Things world. Originally little more than a curious $3 WiFi-to-serial bridge, bit by bit, the true power of the ESP has become known, fully ...

Ethernet and Sonet are on a crash course. With Ethernet continuing to push its way out of the enterprise into the access and metro sectors, developers of Sonet equipment are being pushed to map ...

With embedded memory and integrated QoS features, the ZL33020 Ethernet switch targets VoIP gateways, DSP modem pools, and traffic management cards. The chip is a 24 Fast Ethernet/4 Gigabit Ethernet ...

Housed in the FTB-400 universal test system or the FTB-200 Compact Platform, the FTB-8510 Packet Blazer Ethernet test module from EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering offers all the test and measurement ...