IWL today announced a new patent licensing program for manufacturers and end users who use the technology of the Maxwell Patent. IWL is the owner of US patent number 7,310,316. The Maxwell Patent is directed to a test device placed between two or more nodes, in which the nodes communicate in conversations according to a predetermined protocol such as TCP/IP …

About a year ago we begin switching our various websites to use content management systems (CMS) that did not require SQL databases, or any database for that matter. We looked at GRAV and Hugo. The latter is highly portable and very fast, but for our more dynamic websites we decided to use GRAV.

In general we have been quite happy with GRAV, but recently we encountered a problem in which users began to see "Gateway Timeout" errors …

The internet is a complex distributed process in which computers interact with one another over pathways that introduce delays and errors. There are many feedback loops. Some of those loops are simple to identify, such as the handshaking between the end points of a TCP connection. Other loops are harder to identify, such as the interaction of timers in ARP (address resolution), DNS (domain name system), and routing protocols (such as OSPF and BGP) …

The question of “how many bits” were sent and received clearly is a matter of interest when measuring data rates or data quantities. Mobile providers, consumer ISP's, consumers, and regulators talk a lot about their speed and (not so often) about their data caps. But rarely, if ever, are sufficient details provided …

Women who work in automotive technology met at the British Bankers Club in Menlo Park last night for a lively discussion. The women represented many facets of the industry — research scientists at the major automotive companies, new infotainment and VR startups, regulatory and compliance lawyers, venture capitalists, and, of course, automotive test solution suppliers, like IWL …

Our newest client, VT iDirect transforms the way the world gets and stays connected. As a global leader in IP-based satellite communications, VT iDirect provides technology and solutions to enable service providers and partners optimize their networks …

Much has been written about the robots, the competition, and the tasks at the DARPA Robotics Finals. This article examines the unique elements of the Network Operations Center (NOC) and the Degraded Communications. IWL was part of the network infrastructure team preparing for the finals for 20 months prior to the event. Here is our unique perspective …

The ground breaking FCC ruling on Net Neutrality has continued to stir the debate on whether corporations or the government should be in charge of regulating the use of the internet. Last week The Wall Street Journal published an article by Holman W. Jenkins: The Gigabit Distraction. This article makes some misleading and “distracting” claims about network neutrality …

On May 12, 2015 IWL’s CEO Chris Wellens presented to the Silicon Valley Automotive Open Source Meetup on the campus of Mentor Graphics to automotive professionals. She covered the testing of ECU and related modules, along with Infotainment and Assisted Driver systems …

New Echo Server for Maxwell Pro TCP Test Environment

Instrument a TCP or UDP stack so that it responds to input streams in minutes, not hours. The new Echo Server provides support for Windows, OS X, Linux, and BSD systems …