Network protocols are formal standards and policies consisting of rules, procedures, and formats that define how data is exchanged over networks. They ensure that devices can communicate effectively, ...

As networks evolve and new challenges arise, protocol analysis plays a bigger role in keeping a network running efficiently. Offering more capacity and data services than ever before, CDMA networks ...

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. Remote monitoring and management ...

Producers of mobile phones and mobile infrastructure are working on the next big step in the development of the universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS): UMTS long term evolution (LTE). The ...

Getting a handle on the invisible part of your network—the protocols that are in use—can be of enormous value in helping you detect problems. So far, we've talked about the tangibles of your ...

Do we really need new network protocols? The short answer is yes. Sure, the existing set of network protocols have worked surprisingly well, and attempts at improving them have frequently resulted in ...

Slow NAS speeds aren’t always a hardware problem.

NetJack family of network interface modules allow users to quickly and easily add or change fieldbus and industrial Ethernet protocols in automation devices. Thirteen different protocols are supported ...

In the race for time-to-market in the Internet of Things (IoT), proper security is inconvenient because it adds development and component cost and design complexity. While many traditional industries ...

Like most Linux users, I started out using a simple Bash script to configure the firewall policy on my Linux machines. Eventually, I got tired of writing the same code over and over again, so I ...