Multiple T1 or E1 links can be combined to provide a logical link with a higher bandwidth. But how those links are combined can affect the behavior of the network. Multiple T1 or E1 links can be ...

Flow analysis can be great if you have a lot of WAN links and need an easy way to get top level visibility without the need for cables. Packet capture will give you a lot more detail at certain points ...

This is the third of a series of four newsletters where we’re sharing excerpts from the Webtorials Thought Leadership Discussion on WAN Virtualization. This series features a “virtual discussion” with ...

Need to speed up Web apps by 30% in a mixed traffic network? Consider dynamic packet prioritization. The story begins with a mouse named Mickey and an elephant named Dumbo. Oh. Sorry. Wrong audience. ...

Packet shapers are not well known outside of network administrators’ offices, but they are necessary technology from now on. Without them, colleges would face a stark choice: Pay for tremendous ...

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 ...

In many novel networks-on-chips (NoC) the virtual channels mechanism is widely used [1,5]. It could be used for different goals from livelocks avoidance to different classes of traffic support ...

If you plan to combine multiple T1s or E1s to construct a higher bandwidth logical link, you should know that combining links can lead to out-of-order packets that can hurt voice and video stream ...