Traceroute is still a great tool, but mtr ("my traceroute") provides even more insights when you're looking into network routing problems. The mtr tool—“my traceroute”, originally “Matt’s traceroute” ...

I've been using Linux for what seems like forever. Over the years, I've noticed that I use the command line less and less, because the GUIs have just gotten so much better. Even still, there are ...

When an application doesn't respond, it's usually accompanied by it gobbling up system resources. Should that application consume all your remaining CPU or RAM, your system could become unresponsive, ...

If you are trying to build a router or access point, you’ll need to dig into some of the details of networking that are normally hidden from you. But, for a normal WiFi connection, things mostly just ...

Network protocols are formal standards and policies consisting of rules, procedures, and formats that define how data is exchanged over networks. They ensure that devices can communicate effectively, ...

I just finished a new bridging firewall at work, and I'd like to do some testing on it to see how much network traffic it can really handle. Can anyone recommend any network testing tools that I could ...

If you’re considering adding Linux to your data center, or your company is looking at promoting you to become their first (or next) Linux admin, you probably understand there are lots of commands to ...

It seems I'm not the only one with this kind of issue: I'm running KUbuntu 14.04 LTS, up-to-date but with a home-built 3.14 kernel (3.14.59 with ConKolivas patches) since quite a while. This is on an ...

Life was simpler when everything your computer did was text-based. It is easy enough to shove data into one end of a pipe and take it out of the other. Sure, if the pipe extends across the network, ...

Microsoft has released Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) 2.0.0 with a set of new opt-in experimental features, including a new network mode and automated memory and disk size cleanup. To start with, ...

Under the Novell and Microsoft patent cooperation agreement, when you buy any Novell products—whether Linux-based or proprietary—you receive a patent covenant not to sue from Microsoft. Also under ...