It’s a common benchmarking practice to take multiple measurements of throughput or latency, each using a different packet size. There’s no one right answer as to which packet size represents the ‘best ...

I did not know they went that high. You most likely won't have any retransmission requests or errors, so the only thing to really worry about is latency, are you using an application that requires ...

The Internet transmits data to and from computers and networks via packets. The term "packet loss" describes the event in which a data packet fails to reach its destination. Organizations that are ...

The maximum transmission unit (MTU) for a protocol sets the top limit on how big its packets can be. However, the network devices they pass through, encapsulation, and other factors can complicate ...

With most of us continuing to work from home and video conferences now being the norm, it is more important than ever to make sure your Internet connection is up to the job. This is especially true if ...

Network throughput is affected by myriad variables, one of them being the MTU (maximum transmission unit) packet size setting. As the name implies, MTU refers to the largest data packet that can be ...

Sometimes, you may have noticed that some websites don’t function well on your broadband connection. While most websites run fine, certain seem to have an issue. If you have encountered this situation ...

LOS ANGELES—This is the second installment of a contribution from Jim DeFilippis on SDI versus IP. For Part 1, see “Which Switch is Which?” The second tale-of-the-tape issue is delay or latency. There ...