Switches connect network segments, providing full-duplex communication, valuable network performance data and efficient use of network bandwidth.

Now having pushed past its half-century anniversary, the seemingly countless forms of Ethernet, from SPE to PoE, have become an integral part of communications systems across ...

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) has been an integral part of monitoring network environments since its introduction in 1988. It has established itself as the de facto standard in network ...

Cisco went on a buying spree of various switch manufacturers in the 1990s. Soon after acquiring these companies, the CDP protocol was added to the switches to assist in the topology discovery of ...

Protocol Standards The management of network protocols shall be performed by information systems administrators and network administrators to assure the efficiency, availability, and security of the ...

The ability of Ethernet to carry multiple protocols enables innovation in communication for effective manufacturing efficiency.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Figure 1. A typical iSCSI SAN. There has been much discussion (and a good dose of confusion) ...

In a funny aside, Google created its “Aquila” GNet protocol, abandoning Ethernet to outdo InfiniBand, which we covered back in April 2022 and which the company has been testing with its converged ...

They offer canned solutions for protocol support, and especially leading-edge protocols such as CC-Link IE time-sensitive networking (TSN), the highest-performance solution for motion control.

McData Corp. today will unveil a director-class switch that offers 256 ports, multiple network protocols and hard-partitioning capabilities. Analysts said the switch will allow consolidation of a ...

In April 2016, NewTek released NDI version 1.0 as a way to send audio and video signals over gigabit Ethernet. The NewTek TriCaster was the first device to support this protocol, and over time, ...

The EOS Network Foundation (ENF) said Wednesday that Antelope will be used as the underlying protocol for EOSIO-based blockchains. Antelope, a community-run blockchain protocol, will be supported by ...