Top "Network-protocols" questions

A network protocol defines rules and conventions for communication between network devices.

Magic packet for Wake on Wireless LAN?

How to construct & send the magic packet for Wake on Wireless LAN? The Wikipedia article on the subject only …

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Where is the Don't Fragment Bit of the IP Flags used?

I am curious to know where the "Don't Fragment" [DF] Bit of the IP Flags is used. As fragmentation is …

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Get Wi-Fi protocol (802.11a/b/g/n) programmatically

Through WifiManager, my Android app can get a lot of details about Wi-Fi. However I fail to get protocol type …

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Frameworks for network protocol fuzzing?

Can anyone recommend any programmer-friendly (i.e. extensible) frameworks or systems for performing network level packet fuzzing? I'm looking for …

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What is PDO mapping?

After reading several CiA specifications, I am still having difficulty understanding PDO mapping, Process Image, and Process Data Exchange in …

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Networked systems - what's the difference between a "blocking" and a "non-blocking" protocol?

In computer networking - and in a lot of other fields actually - I hear a lot of reference to …

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Packet Sniffing using Raw Sockets in Linux in C

I need to write a packet sniffer in Linux that detects HTTPS packet that are sent and save the url …

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TCP Hole Punching

I'm trying to implement TCP hole punching with windows socket using mingw toolchain. I think the process is right but …

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Overhead with PPP and Ethernet

What is the overhead for PPP and Ethernet sending 5000 bytes? Frame size for Point-to-Point Protocol: 8 bytes MTU: 500 bytes Frame size …

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Why wait SIFS time before sending ACK?

Question about the MAC-protocol of 802.11 Wifi. We have learned that when a station has received the data it waits for …

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