Key steps include investigating user complaints, examining endpoints, and monitoring device interfaces and traffic flows. I've been involved in network analysis with two customers recently who had ...

The use of IP for audio and broadcast transport applications has gained increasing attention as the quality of service (QoS) of packet switched networks continually improves. The lure of reduced costs ...

I’ve previously worried about the devil in the details on the FCC’s network neutrality regulations. In particular, the press release concerning packet loss as a metric worried me, as optimizing for ...

One of the big worries with carrying voice or video on an IP network is packet loss. When packets don't make it to the destination, voice and video quality is compromised. But why is this a big deal ...

Last time, we commented on the growing importance of data replication and the fact that it was significantly different than other data applications. In this newsletter, we’ll discuss the amazing ...

Microsoft has posted its root-cause analysis of its latest Multifactor Authentication (MFA) melt-down, which happened last week. "Severe packet loss" between a network route between Microsoft and the ...

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 ...

We continue our discussion of what can be done to address the impact of packet loss on application performance over the WAN. We’ve covered three of the six different possibilities listed in the first ...

During my recent network conundrum, I wound up doing a lot of pinging. I noticed a fair few lost packets when pinging my router (also functioning as AP) from the laptop while on wifi. Windows is ...

This week, the FCC released the new rules for internet service providers, 400 pages of rules stemming from the decision last month to adopt Title II authority. The most important news from the ...