Since the AV world has gone a little crazy over Ethernet and IP, I decided to try to learn more about each by using books and web sources. To my surprise, it seems as though there is not uniform ...

Ethernet is a layer 2 data link protocol that is widely used with the TCP/IP protocol, which resides at layers 3 and 4. To understand network communications, it is essential to learn about the ...

What is the minimum size of an Ethernet frame that carries an IP packet which in turn carries an ICMP packet? What is the maximum size? The minimum size of an ...

In the last RTFM we saw how IP packets are transmitted across the network. Here, we tackle Ethernet and see how packets are encapsulated and used. To explain fully the way in which IP packets are used ...

Using Ethernet to move AV files is old news. What is news is using it to transport and switch real-time video streams in a broadcast, venue or post facility. Especially cutting edge is switching ...

The real-time communications capability of industrial Ethernet is a hot topic. It will be a key component of the Industrial Safety Network panel discussion being held on the first day of The ...

Ethernet has become the primary network protocol of choice for the required server-to-server communication in hyperscale data centers, as it allows hyperscalers to ...

A decade ago, communications in machines took place on a point-to-point basis. If you were building a multi-axis system, you would have to wire 15 wires per axis from the drive to the controller. If ...

Verizon made headlines over the summer when it announced that its frame relay and ATM customers have three years to migrate to modern IP services. Efforts like these by top-tier carriers are driving ...

With growing complexity and increased packet processing and throughput requirements, there is a greater need for a cost effective distributed DSLAM architecture so that traffic-processing requirements ...