What is Buffer Bloat in network switches?
What is Buffer Bloat? Buffer bloat refers to excessive data buffering within network devices such as routers or switches. These devices utilize buffers to hold incoming and outgoing data packets temporarily. However, when these buffers become overfilled due to congestion …
What is jitter in computer networking?
In a perfect network, data packets would arrive at consistent intervals. Jitter represents the inconsistency or variability in these arrival times. Jitter is usually measured in milliseconds (ms). Tools and network monitoring systems analyze packet arrival times to calculate jitter, …
Optimizing VoIP Packets: Ensuring Clear and Reliable Communication
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) has revolutionized communication, offering cost-effective and versatile voice services over the Internet. Companies like Atheral are providing VOIP to Service Providers and other companies. However, optimizing VoIP packets within your network is crucial to ensure …
Quality Of Service (QOS) for Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
What is QoS? Quality of Service (QoS) is a set of techniques and mechanisms that ISPs use to manage and prioritize network traffic. It allows ISPs to allocate network resources in a way that ensures certain types of data or …
Poor phone call quality fix
Our friend David over at Penny Tone has an article out on call Quality. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/stop-suffering-from-poor-phone-call-audio-fix-david-attias/
Preseem and Switches in switch centric design
Anyone who follows me knows I am a big fan of switch centric designs. This usually involves a router on a stick paired with a high port count switch. Recently I had a client that installed a Preseem appliance in …