Networking

This section includes all our networking content. Essentially anything of interest to a network administrator. Related sub-category is wireless networking.

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The Trouble With IPv6

May 11, 2012

4,294,967,296. That’s the exact number of 32-bit IP addresses available within Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4). During the Internet boom of the 1990s,...

Top 3 Wi-Fi Security Vulnerabilities

May 08, 2012

The inception of Wi-Fi technology ushered in a new sub-era in this stage of world history known as the Information Age. As if the proliferation of the...

VoIP over 4G: The Future in VoIP Communications

April 17, 2012

There’s no question that cellphones have become a staple in the U.S. - much like hamburgers or apple pie. A cellphone is no longer a status symbol. It's...

802.What? Making Sense of the 802.11 Family

April 10, 2012

Even non-technical users are familiar with Wi-Fi, but the alphabet soup of 802.11 standards can be tough for anyone to keep track of. In this article...

Snort and the Value of Detecting the Undetectable

April 09, 2012

There are many instances where networks are hacked, unlawfully accessed or effectively disabled. The now infamous 2006 hacking of the T.J. Maxx network...

Multiplexing: An Intro to How it Works

April 03, 2012

Let’s say you send an email from your PC to a friend in another city. Your email leaves your house and joins up with other messages being transmitted in...

Virtual Private Network: The Branch Office Solution

March 27, 2012

While networks were once a technology used only by universities and large corporations, today homes around the world are connected to high-speed Internet...

The Real Score on 4G Wireless

March 14, 2012

4G is the latest set of standards for cellular wireless devices. But as with other technologies and standards, there are a lot of rumors, speculations and...

802.11ac: Gigabit Wireless LAN

March 01, 2012

Just when your organization finally implements all of the necessary infrastructure for a gigabit Ethernet local area network, you’re hit with the...

An Introduction to the OSI Model

February 10, 2012

The open system interconnection model, better known as the OSI model, is a network map that was originally developed as a universal standard for creating...

Creative Disruption: The Advance of the Internet

January 30, 2012

Digital technology has come a long way in the last 30 years. Here, longtime author and journalist John F. McMullen covers a brief history of the...

A Timeline of the Development of the Internet and World Wide Web

January 25, 2012

A This is our attempt to capture the evolution of the Internet and the Web in a timeline. If you think we’ve missed an important event, contact us. (To...

VoIP - Backdoor to Your Network?

January 10, 2012

The cost effectiveness of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) undoubtedly evokes, at a minimum, curiosity on the part of corporate decision makers...

What is the difference between Bluetooth and Wi-Fi?

December 08, 2011

Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are both methods that provide wireless communication, but the difference between the two mainly stems from what they are designed to...

What is the difference between artificial intelligence and neural networks?

November 18, 2011

Artificial intelligence (AI) and artificial neural networks (ANN) are two exciting and intertwined fields in computer science. There are, however, several...