Now that TCP/IP connectivity is becoming common for embedded systems, designers have to deal with the problems of setting up, monitoring, and troubleshooting remote devices. One approach is to make ...

Over the last several years, TCP/IP has gone from being the protocol that only geeks use, to a universal protocol that everyone uses, thanks to the widespread use of the Internet. TCP/IP has been ...

Do you remember when we used multi-protocol routing for IPX, AppleTalk, and TCP/IP running on the same network? In the 1980s and early 1990s many enterprises had multiple protocols running on the ...

It is sometimes useful to know the network commands to analyze or configure your TCP/IP networks. Here is the list of commands that can be used in the command prompt. This command is also useful to ...

The data transfer in a TCP/IP network is usually block-based. From a programmer’s point of view, sending data means issuing a series of “send data block” requests. On a system level, sending an ...

TDK has announced a Modbus TCP interface option for the Genesys+ series of programmable DC power supplies. The option is available on all models ranging from the 1U high half rack GH1.5kW to the 3U ...

TCP/IP Manager can be downloaded for free and consumes less than 500KB of your hard disk space. It is an open-source tool that makes changing network settings a one-click operation. You all will agree ...

Although the Internet of Things (IoT) introduces remarkable ways to collect, manage, and apply data, it's also a huge vector for cyberattacks. One of the biggest vulnerabilities lies in embedded ...

In an upcoming blog I expect to write about configuring a home router, which requires logging on to it. This, in turn, requires knowing the IP address of the router. Non-techies typically don’t know ...

In a previous article, we explained how you can use the sendfile() syscall to reduce the overhead of data transfer from a disk to a network. Now, we’re going to cover another aspect of network ...