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Multi-Path TCP: revolutionizing connectivity, one path at a time

CloudFaire

Enter Multi-Path TCP (MPTCP), which exploits the presence of multiple interfaces on a device, such as a mobile phone that has both Wi-Fi and cellular antennas, to achieve multi-path connectivity. It's a major extension to the TCP protocol, and historically most of the TCP changes failed to gain traction.

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CCNA: TCP/IP Stack

The Network DNA

CCNA: TCP/IP Stack TCP/IP Stack is the most widely used protocol stack. TCP/IP stack is a conceptual model consisting of network communication protocols. It specifies how data should be packetized, addressed, transmitted, and routed across the network. TCP/IP networks use TCP or UDP protocol at this layer.

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Network Troubleshooting in Depth: A Complete Guide

Kentik

On a network, configurations are constantly changing. Unfortunately, configuration change accidents can happen that bring down parts of the network. Interface dropping packets. Interface issues caused by misconfigurations, errors, or queue limits lead to network traffic failing to reach its destination.

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IoT has an identity problem. Here’s how to solve it

CATO Networks

Figure 1: Different network protocols for OS identification based on the OSI model Starting from the bottom of the stack, at the data link layer, exists the medium access control (MAC) protocol. Over this protocol, a unique physical identifier, called the MAC address, is allocated to the network interface card (NIC) of each network device.

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How Kentik Helps Assess AWS Visibility

Kentik

You can create and enable flow logs per ENI (Elastic Network Interface), per subnet or per VPC. These flow logs can be used to analyze and troubleshoot issues within a cloud environment in a few key ways: They’re agentless. This makes integration much easier and cleaner. They include security context. Image source: AWS.

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Resilience and Redundancy in Networking

Kentik

Message integrity and guaranteed delivery with TCP/IP Because IP does not require acknowledgments from endpoints, it does not ensure delivery; therefore, it is considered an unreliable protocol. On the other hand, Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) provides a connection-based, reliable byte stream.

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Multi-Cloud Made Simple: Announcing Kentik Observability Enhancements for AWS and Google Cloud

Kentik

Flow logs are a valuable source of network traffic information in AWS. They capture detailed metadata about the traffic flowing through various components of your network, such as VPCs, subnets, and network interfaces. AWS Transit Gateways act as a centralized hub for connecting multiple VPCs and on-premises networks.

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