Linux Journal

Inside the Linux Packet Filter, Part II

In the last issue we started following a packet's journey from the wire up to the higher levels of network stack processing. We left the packet at the end of layer 3 processing, where IP has ...
Houston Chronicle

How to Monitor the UDP Buffer in Linux

UDP is a protocol that enables the exchange of unallocated data packets over a network. The UDP buffer is memory that is assigned by the Linux operating system to temporarily contain the data packets ...
Ars Technica

Java console app needs user input while listening to a UDP socket

I'm having a problem with something that seems like it should be fairly simple.<BR><BR>My app waits on a UDP socket with a .receive(). The Socket has a variable timeout, which generates a ...
Network World

Using the ss command on Linux to view details on sockets

To make the best use of the ss command, it’s important to understand what a socket is. A socket is a type of pseudo file (i.e., not an actual file) that represents a network connection. A socket ...
EDN

Nano WiReach Wireless LAN Module

The iW-SMG2N1 (890-IW-SMGN21) is a Nano WiReach wireless LAN module featuring an iChip™ CO2144 IP communication controller and SerialNET™ mode for serial to IP bridging. It offers 10 simultaneous ...
Linux Journal

Inside the Linux Packet Filter

Network geeks among you may remember my article, “Linux Socket Filter: Sniffing Bytes over the Network”, in the June 2001 issue of LJ, regarding the use of the packet filter built inside the Linux ...