Comparative packet-forwarding measurement of three popular operating systems

Journal of Network and Computer Applications

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1039-1048

  Salah, K ^a   Hamawi, M ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Gigabit ethernet; Linux; Operating systems; Packet forwarding; Performance; Windows

Indexed keywords

GIGABIT ETHERNET; LINUX; OPERATING SYSTEMS; PACKET FORWARDING; PERFORMANCE;

ETHERNET; NETWORK PERFORMANCE; SERVERS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; WINDOWS;

WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM;

EID: 67649472609     PISSN: 10848045     EISSN: 10958592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnca.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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