AV Network

Layer 2 vs Layer 3 Networking: What’s the Big Deal?

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A networking topology choice that is easily misunderstood. There are many questions that come to ...
Computerworld

The Network Layer: Understanding layer 3 of the OSI Model

The third layer of the OSI Model, the network layer, is where most network engineers focus their time and expertise. As Darragh commented in my post on the data link layer, Layer 2 is cool but Layer 3 ...
BeInCrypto

Vitalik Buterin Urges New Approach as Ethereum Layer 2 Usage Drops by 50%

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is urging Layer 2 networks to rethink their strategy. He points to a major decline in L2 ...
Network World

Layered security defenses: What layer is most critical, network or endpoint?

There is little argument that a defense in depth model is the best way to safeguard the enterprise, but which layer is most critical? Some would say the application layer will ultimately emerge as the ...
EDN

Guide to Embedded Systems Architecture – Part 3: Transport layer (UDP) and embedded Java and networking middleware examples

The two most common transport layer protocols are the transmission control protocol (TCP) and the user datagram protocol (UDP). One of the main differences between the two protocols is reliability.