Ars Technica

Port Forwarding vs. Packet Filtering (I'm confused)

I am currently running a USB ADSL (static IP I beleive - 62.xx.xx.xx) service to other PCs on the network via Winroute Pro running on windows 2K advanced server. (ADSL to Server to Switch to 3 PCs - ...
Ars Technica

What is the difference between IP masquerading and IP/packet forwarding?

I know that masquerading is like a router where your gateway masquerades your internal IPs to look like their requests are coming from the public IP. I also know that IP forwarding allows the internal ...
Network World

Named data networking: Stateful forwarding plane for datagram delivery

The Internet was designed to connect things easily, but a lot has changed since its inception. Users now expect the internet to find the “what” (i.e., the content), but the current communication model ...
No Jitter

Segment Routing: Inside a New SDN Technology

Will this new packet-forwarding mechanism replace OpenFlow for software-defined networking? IP packet forwarding techniques traditionally have relied on taking the shortest path to the destination IP ...
Network World

Ethernet frames and packets: what’s the difference?

When discussing Ethernet data, the terms frame and packet are often used interchangeably. Frames and packets are the electronic containers that carry our data from point-to-point by navigating LANs ...