What is the difference between unicast, anycast, broadcast and ...
Multicast is a layer 3 feature of IPv4 & IPv6. To use anycast you advertise the same network in multiple spots of the Internet, and rely on shortest-path calculations to funnel clients to your multiple …
What networking layer do messages received via TCP or socket ...
Apr 10, 2018 · TCP is layer 4, the transport layer. IPv4 or IPv6 work at layer 3, the network layer.
networking - Network bridging - what's the point? - Server Fault
Feb 3, 2015 · Modern network switches are essentially multi-port bridges. A network bridge (aka a transparent bridge) has the following characteristics: It operates at the Data Link layer (OSI model …
What's the difference between a Layer 2 & Layer 3 switch
Mar 18, 2010 · 4 Simply put, a layer 3 switch can forward packets between different networks like a router while layer 2 switches forward packets to different segments/or within a given network.
Which layer is responsible for flow control? - Server Fault
Transport layer, more specifically TCP provides flow control by a backtracking algorithm while UDP does not. TCP has various flow and congestion avoiding protocols, such as TCP Vegas. As I get it: when …
tcpip - About the link layer of TCP/IP - Server Fault
Apr 17, 2011 · I know there're ethernet,token ring,FDDI ,etc protocat the link layer, but how to know the exact protocol used to perform a specific task,like browsing a web page?
Why is ICMP categorized as a layer 3 protocol? [closed]
May 30, 2013 · ICMP is implemented as a part of the IP layer so ICMP processing can be viewed as occurring parallel to, or as a part of, IP processing. Therefore, in the topic on TCP/IP-based layered …
What's the difference between a switch, a router, and a modem?
Mar 6, 2015 · Layer 2 Switch - forwards ethernet frames between switches on a local campus. in addition some switches support static and default routing. Layer 3 Switch - forwards packets …
Safety of RDP without network level authentication
Sep 30, 2018 · Seems like RDP with Network Level Authentication works only (or most easily) with computers in Active Directory Active Directory is a service that runs on a computer making the …
Ethernet frames: what are the source and destination MAC addresses?
Why not B? Because switches (bridges) when operating at layer 2 don't modify the source or destination MAC address. A router on the other hand, will modify the source MAC address, substituting the …