HN827: When Buffers Attack: Understanding Buffers to Better Diagnose Network Weirdness

About this episode

The episode discusses the role of buffers in networking and how they can affect packet transmission.

Today’s episode covers buffers, the space between ingress and egress where a packet might have to live for a fraction of a second if the egress port is tied up transmitting other packets. This topic came courtesy of John Howard who joins Drew and Ethan as a co-host to discuss buffers with guest Rob Sherwood. How ... Read more »

People in this episode

Hosts: Drew, Ethan

Guests: John Howard, Rob Sherwood

Topics covered

• networking
• buffers
• packet transmission
• network diagnosis
• ingress and egress

Keywords

• buffers
• networking
• packet
• diagnosis
• ingress
• egress
• network weirdness

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Packet Pushers

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