The packet data market is feeling pressure from IP VPN and Ethernet services; but because most businesses are transitioning their networks to emerging services and not performing full, one-time ...

In the last newsletter, we determined that the historical arguments as to why frames are inherently better than cells are quite weak in today’s environment. In this newsletter, we’ll see if any of the ...

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 ...

Frame relay won in the WAN over ATM, which proved too expensive despite its good points, such as five levels of QoS. Now MPLS is pushing aside both. The debate about frame relay vs. ATM as WAN ...

Everything you stream and share is broken into network packets. Learn how this enables the seamless flow of data that powers the internet. Network packets are small units of data that are sent from ...