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Network latencies between opposite ends of the Earth
Awarded Jun 27 at 8:38
How Does A Layer 2 Switch Differentiate Between Different Networks?
Awarded May 5 at 12:45
Is CIDR IP format currently in use?
Awarded Feb 28 at 1:35
How come SFP modules are so incompatible?
Awarded Jan 20 at 10:16
Does an unmanaged switch deal with IP addresses at all
Awarded Nov 19, 2021 at 8:36
Why does an Ethernet cable have four pairs?
Awarded Sep 30, 2021 at 3:26
Why can PPPoE connect to a gateway which is not in the same subnet
Awarded Sep 9, 2021 at 13:26
What is this device used by a networking technology company?
Awarded Aug 28, 2021 at 8:55
What does the naming convention for Ethernet standards mean: 1000BASE-T, BASE-TX, BASE-SX, etc.? What is the meaning of the components of the name?
Awarded Mar 22, 2021 at 1:51
If TCP packets are pre acknowledged, what happens if packets are dropped?
Awarded Mar 21, 2021 at 14:05
Is wifi power consumption related to password length
Awarded Feb 28, 2021 at 22:21
Why does PPP need an underlying protocol?
Awarded Feb 15, 2021 at 16:36
How do both sides know the MTU
Awarded Jan 7, 2021 at 13:16
what is difference between MSS and Window Size?
Awarded Nov 13, 2020 at 21:50
What is the least possible separation of two NICs with the same MAC address?
Awarded Jan 31, 2020 at 14:00
What happens with a ping when it enters a network? Is the router the one answering with a reply?
Awarded Jan 23, 2020 at 2:40
What does bandwidth (digital) really mean?
Awarded Dec 21, 2019 at 23:05
Difference between router and gateway
Awarded Oct 14, 2019 at 10:35
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Awarded Sep 24, 2019 at 2:40
Why can a packet sniffer in an Ethernet LAN obtain all packets sent over the LAN?
Awarded May 10, 2019 at 23:05
Difference between Giant Frame and Jumbo Frame
Awarded May 8, 2019 at 12:10
What's the difference between `Latency` and `Round Trip Time`?
Awarded May 6, 2019 at 17:50
Can a switch that does not support VLAN process traffic from a Trunk that is not the native VLAN
Awarded May 6, 2019 at 17:15
Do I need to protect SFP ports and optics from dust/contaminants? If so, how?
Awarded Apr 27, 2019 at 15:40
Why is broadcast used at the DHCPREQUEST step?
Awarded Apr 24, 2019 at 16:55
What do the positive and negative (+/-) transmit and receive pins mean on Ethernet cables?
Awarded Mar 19, 2019 at 15:15
Is Ethernet port blinking really useful?
Awarded Feb 7, 2019 at 20:55
Why are IP addresses given to each interface and not device? What would the implications of that be?
Awarded Jan 16, 2019 at 20:05
Do layer 3 protocols use layer 2 protocols?
Awarded Nov 1, 2018 at 1:30
How can a TCP window size be allowed to be larger than the maximum size of an ethernet packet?
Awarded Oct 22, 2018 at 2:00
Do network adapters read incoming bits in a single stream?
Awarded Oct 18, 2018 at 9:55
Serialization and serialization times in 40G/10G and 100G/25G Ethernet
Awarded Oct 3, 2018 at 16:00
Why is the Ethernet Connection Symmetric?
Awarded Jul 21, 2018 at 18:53
Is the MTU of Ethernet still 1500 Bytes?
Awarded Jul 16, 2018 at 20:00
Does a Layer 3 switch become a Layer 4 device when telnetting?
Awarded Jul 4, 2018 at 8:42
Why do we need FTP when there are layers to transmit data?
Awarded Mar 18, 2018 at 10:46
Port Numbers related doubt
Awarded Mar 11, 2018 at 11:58
How is 8 bits sufficient for the TTL in an IP header?
Awarded Feb 22, 2018 at 15:36
Is 30 Mbit/s fibre for WAN faster than 30 Mbit/s copper?
Awarded Feb 22, 2018 at 0:47
Is "IPv10" a joke or a serious RFC draft?
Awarded Sep 11, 2017 at 19:34
Can a switch that does NOT support VLAN capability be considered a managed switch if it has other features?
Awarded Aug 25, 2017 at 16:58

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