It’s a common benchmarking practice to take multiple measurements of throughput or latency, each using a different packet size. There’s no one right answer as to which packet size represents the ‘best ...

Messages and data travel around networks in a packet. A packet is a structure that carries a segment of data. The recommended packet size is different depending on network types. Wireless network have ...

Colocation and connectivity firm Equinix is buying Packet, a bare network cloud provider, which operates from data centers including Equinix's own, and is also developing an Edge computing business.

Data centre operator Equinix has completed the acquisition of bare metal automation platform Packet in a deal it says accelerates its strategy to help enterprises seamlessly deploy hybrid multicloud ...

The maximum transmission unit (MTU) for a protocol sets the top limit on how big its packets can be. However, the network devices they pass through, encapsulation, and other factors can complicate ...