It’s the easiest thing in the world — simple, straightforward serial data. It’s the fallback communication protocol for nearly every embedded system out there, and so it’s one that you really want to ...

While most of you reading this have broadband in your home, there are still vast areas with little access to the Internet. Ham radio operator [emmynet] found himself in just such a situation recently, ...

I have a remote site with a T1 to our ISP. It happens to be MPLS, but that's inconsequential to the situation. The T1 is up and showing no errors. It's PPP encapsulated with a static IP on the site's ...