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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. There is another way.

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CCNA: TCP SEQ and Port Number

The Network DNA

CCNA: TCP Sequence & Port Number This article can be read as the second part of the previous article CCNA: 3-Way Handshake where we discussed what makes TCP a reliable protocol for transmitting information. Lets discuss the TCP SEQ and Port numbers in this article. Port Numbers range from 1 to 65535.

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What is a TCP Port: Different Between TCP and UDP Ports

NW Kings

Understanding TCP ports is essential for managing network traffic and ensuring effective communication. But what is a TCP port? This blog will delve into what a TCP port is, how it works, its significance in networking, and the different types of ports, including well-known and dynamic ports.

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CCNA: TCP Three-Way Handshake

The Network DNA

CCNA: TCP 3-Way Handshake In this article, lets take a look at TCP three-way handshake and other useful information that makes TCP a reliable communication protocol. Before TCP can send any traffic, it first contacts the other device and establish a reliable and controlled connection. Now actual data transfer happens.

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From Idle to Established: BGP states, BGP ports and TCP interactions

Noction

Understanding BGP states is essential to grasp how BGP operates. Similar to interior gateway protocols (IGPs) like EIGRP, OSPF, or ISIS, BGP establishes peering with other routers before exchanging routing information. However,

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How to find applications with NetFlow

Kentik

You can also learn about the protocols in use, the ports being used, the top interfaces, etc. Source port for UDP or TCP, 0 for other protocols. Destination port for UDP or TCP, type and code for ICMP, or 0 for other protocols. Don’t rely on ports. Source IP address. Destination IP address. IP protocol.

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Kafka Listeners – Explained

Confluent

are shown indented in the following list: KAFKA_LISTENERS is a comma-separated list of listeners and the host/IP and port to which Kafka binds to for listening. KAFKA_ADVERTISED_LISTENERS is a comma-separated list of listeners with their host/IP and port. compute.amazonaws.com port 9092 [tcp/XmlIpcRegSvc] succeeded!

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