Networking Archives

Networking Programming – Introduction to socket

By Srikanta March 2, 2022Programming, C, NetworkingNo Comments

Computer networking programming, often referred as socket programming, is about writing programs to exchange information between processes running on connected hosts - computers, mobiles etc. Hosts are generally interconnected over…

How to Disable Ping Response in Linux

By Srikanta March 18, 2016NetworkingNo Comments

Ping is a software utility primarily used by the network administrators to check the reachability of a network host (target) from another host (source). It is also used to check…

What is ARP and How does it work?

By Srikanta January 30, 2016Technology, NetworkingNo Comments

ARP stands for Address Resolution Protocol. It is used by the Internet Protocol (IP) to map IP network addresses (32 bit Logical Address) to the hardware addresses (48 bit Mac Address) used…

How to install Ping or Ping6 using YUM

By Srikanta January 30, 2016Technology, NetworkingNo Comments

yum install iputils Ping is a network administration utility tool to check reachability of network node (computer or router) from a computer where the command runs. It also gives the…

How does Traceroute Work?

By Srikanta January 27, 2016Technology, NetworkingNo Comments

The network administrators use the tranceroute command very frequently to discover the path between two network nodes. Where the tranceroute command is running is the source node and destination node…