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 ...

Breaks down the five IP address classes in order to explain how they manipulate TCP/IP protocol functionality Before two or more computers can communicate with each other, a set of rules has to be in ...

TCP/IP is the collection of protocols that manages connectivity across the Internet. Because system attacks that take advantage of flaws and weaknesses in the protocol generally do not get as much ...

A wealth of reference material on the subject of networking andthe TCP/IP protocols is currently available, but embedded systemsprogrammers often find it difficult, if not impossible, to siftthrough ...

Ethernet is a layer 2 data link protocol that is widely used with the TCP/IP protocol, which resides at layers 3 and 4. To understand network communications, it is essential to learn about the ...

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 ...

* Dr. Internet Steve Blass offers advice on using Address Resolution Protocol to detect IP addresses How can I use Address Resolution Protocol (or something else) to detect if the IP address I was ...

China, Huawei and Chinese carriers want to redesign a key aspect of the internet -- and while there may be some upsides, their ideas have raised some alarm bells. The Financial Times understands that ...

TCP/IP, the communication protocol computers must follow to communicate with each other over the Internet, can be disabled in Windows relatively easily. This action will disable your Internet ...

I tried connecting to the internet using Earthlink, and got a message saying that it didn't detect a TCP/IP protocol.<BR><BR>I called Earthlink and they tried to fix it, but I didn't have a Windows 98 ...