TCP Window Size – Quick Primer
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 …
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Some IP Routing Stuff
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 …
The TCP Keepalive Timer
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, …
The Basics of the Domain Name System
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 …
TCP/IP Congestion Avoidance Algorithm
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 …
Defining an Internet 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 …
A Little Bit About IP Checksums
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 …