Tag: TCPIP

The TCP window size is basically the method employed by the receiving client/host to inform the sender, what the current buffer size should be for all the data within …

Conceptually IP routing is pretty straight forward, especially when you look at it from the hosts point of view.  If the destination is directly connected such as a direct …

If you’re new to the world of TCP/IP, you may be quite confused to hear that no data at all flows across an idle TCP connection.  Just to clarify, …

So what is the Domain Name System or as it’s more commonly known as DNS? Well, very simply it is a huge distributed database which contains the domain names …

Lost packets is one of the biggest difficulties for any transport protocol.  Sending data across a variety of platforms, switches, hubs and routers is bound to end up with …

The role of checksums in IP headers is actually very important.  THey are used to make sure that data is not corrupted during it’s journey from the source address …

Absolutely every device that exists on the internet needs an IP address (some call it an internet address). There are no exceptions – every pc, laptop, phone, coffee machine …