We have recently spoken about IP routing, but there is something else that needs our attention, and it is all about the types of routes found in a routers routing table. It might sound confusing but ...

NETLINK is a facility in the Linux operating system for user-space applications to communicate with the kernel. NETLINK is an extension of the standard socket implementation. Using NETLINK, an ...

Got into a what could have been a heated argument today with one of the guys at work. For various reasons I chose not to escalate the discussion, but rather decided to ask you guys. We have a Cisco ...

Read about Vodafone suffering network outage in UK. Broadband news from the longest running independent information website.

It is sometimes useful to know the network commands to analyze or configure your TCP/IP networks. Here is the list of commands that can be used in the command prompt. This command is also useful to ...

Internet access is becoming more and more critical for handling everyday business. To ensure Internet redundancy and optimum performance, organizations may want to consider implementing BGP ...

Internet connectivity issues this week which saw many sites become unreachable were caused by a sudden spike in announcements of traffic routes between networks, which in turn pushed core routers over ...

On Sunday, YouTube became unreachable from most, if not all, of the Internet. No "sorry we're down" or cutesy kitten-with-screwdriver page, nothing. What happened was that packets sent to YouTube were ...