A software interface between the transport protocol (layers 3 and 4) and the data link protocol (layers 1 and 2) in the protocol stack. The interface provides a protocol manager that accepts requests ...

Unix sysadmins routinely use the “ifconfig -a” command to list network parameters associated with their systems. In particular, they use this command to determine the IP address, netmask and broadcast ...

How hard to you want to "limit" here? I wasn't trying to limit specifically but did have the issue in #90 of the Mac tricks thread of SMB traffic getting routed incorrectly. I dealt with it via ...

The ip command has a lot to tell you about the configuration and state of your network connections, but what do all those words and numbers mean? Let’s take a deep dive in and see what all the ...

Interface packet loss provides indications of link problems that shouldn’t go ignored. But then you have to decide on an alerting threshold that indicates a problem without creating too many false ...

Intel has developed a software interface as its proposed standard method that developers should use to create communications routines for its IXP network processors. The move is a bid to kick-start a ...

There are numerous problems that can interfere with your access to a system — everything from the system being down to problems with name servers and routers. In today’s troubleshooting tale, we’re ...

Equipment from the telephone company that terminates its lines at the customer's premises. The network interface device (NID) provides the demarcation point between the telephone network and the ...

Microchip Technology Inc. announced that the MOST® Cooperation released its MOST150 technology coaxial physical layer specification. This new industry-standard specification enables Microchip to ...

Can anyone tell me or point me to a reference for how to determine if a network interface is up at the end of the boot sequence. I have googled around, but not really found what I'm looking for.