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What Is a Ping and How Does It Work?

Diagram visualizing a ping test in process on industrial network equipment using IoT solutions.

What Is a Ping and How Does It Work? Ping in the network A command ping is often used in network construction or troubleshooting. What is ping? What is its working principle? What is a ping? Ping is used to…

What Is DTU and What Can It Be Used for?

Industrial data transfer unit DTU connecting equipment via wireless communication networks like LoRaWAN

What Is DTU and What Can It Be Used for? DTU stands for Database Transaction Unit (also called serial server, IP Modem and industrial IoT terminal device), which can be used as a gateway in some application scenarios. The difference…

“Cloud + Edge” Coordinated, Thrive in the IIoT Era

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“Cloud + Edge” Coordinated, Thrive in the IIoT Era “Cloud + Edge” Coordinated, Thrive in the IIoT Era Contemporary industry features a growing number of devices distributed on various industrial sites. Given long-time operation, it is inevitable tha… As onsite…

Why Do We Need the Routing Protocol?

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Why Do We Need the Routing Protocol? How do the IP packets traveling through the Internet, like cars on the highway, get to their destination? Everyone is familiar with cars. Even if we don’t know the destination, there is an…

What is Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)?

OSPF network diagram illustrating routing protocols for optimized IIoT communications in cloud-edge environments.

What is Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)? What is OSPF? OSPF is a typical Link-state routing protocol, which is generally used in the same routing domain. Here, the routing domain refers to an Autonomous System (AS), which refers to a…

What Are the Failover Features on a Router?

Diagram demonstrating router failover features for reliable connectivity in industrial IoT networks.

What Are the Failover Features on a Router? The failover mechanism is used to increase the reliability and availability of networking devices by configuring several methods to provide redundant implementations. Firstly, we should know how the … Normally, there are…