The TCP/IP "Stack" IP layer 3 resides in the middle of the TCP/IP stack. It accepts packets from the upper layer TCP or UDP protocols and hands them to a lower layer data link protocol.

Streamlining data transmission is a critical challenge for any enterprise. Thankfully, the TCP/IP protocol provides many ways to optimize data transfer. This article examines several options and ...

TCP and UDP Ports As you know every computer or device on the Internet must have a unique number assigned to it called the IP address.

TCP/IP Protocol TCP/IP protocol represents the most fundamental and widely used protocol stack on the Internet. Resembling the OSI stack, TCP/IP works in its own specific way.

Internet Protocol The IP protocol is so adaptable that it has become a common denominator in many communication environments. Physical layer interfaces pass their messages to upper layers that end up ...

Going beyond many TCP/IP “offload engines,” the new CAST core is: Complete — It can implement the entire stack in hardware: IP, VLAN, ARP, ICMP (ping), DHCP client, UDP stack, and TCP. Autonomous — It ...

Every machine on the the Internet has a unique number assigned to it, called an IP address. Without a unique IP address on your machine, you will not be able to communicate with other devices ...

NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NBT) supports legacy applications that use the NetBIOS protocol as well as the NetBIOS name server (NBNS), which converts NetBIOS names into IP addresses.