The default behavior of ping on Linux and other Unix-like systems is different from Windows. On Windows, the ping command ...

Discover the state of Enterprise Linux for networking in 2026. Compare RHEL 10, SLES 16, and Ubuntu alongside NOS leaders like SONiC and Nvidia Cumulus.

The most important networking command in Linux might be ping. This command lets you check if a remote machine is responding to your requests. You can use ping to check if your internet connection is ...

Linus Torvalds is a busy man who continues to toil away at the Linux kernel to bring it new features, better performance and enhanced security. While the latest release of the Linux kernel might not ...

Linux is a tried-and-true, open-source operating system released in 1991 for computers, but its use has expanded to underpin systems for cars, phones, web servers and, more recently, networking gear.

Firmware is the low-level software programmed into a device's read-only memory, responsible for controlling its hardware functions. In the context of routers and networking equipment, firmware ...

Yes, the Linux kernel networking stack is too slow for high-speed networks, but kernel bypass solutions aren’t the answer Sujal Das is chief strategy and marketing officer at Netronome, a provider of ...

The Open networking foundation (ONF) is merging its portfolio of open source networking projects into the Linux Foundation (LF) as independent projects. Founded in 2011, ONF has been the driving force ...

Lately, there's been some talk about how Microsoft has delivered its first Linux distribution. But it's not true. True, Microsoft has released Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC). Mark ...

The Azure cloud uses Linux to handle data center networking - in a specialized software component developed by Microsoft to run conectivity within its cloud operating system, along lines set out by ...