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TCP/IP, an acronym for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, is a suite of protocols supported by Microsoft with the Windows family of platforms. Essentially, through its components, TCP/IP is used for communications on both private networks and on the Internet. As far as the world wide web is concerned, the most common aspects of TCP/IP are IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4) and IPv6. The Redmond company is offering extensive documentation on TCP/IP as it is supported in Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 and Window XP. TCP/IP Fundamentals for Microsoft Windows is available for download.

“This online book is a structured, introductory approach to the basic concepts and principles of the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) protocol suite, how the most important protocols function, and their basic configuration in the Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 families of operating systems,” revealed Keith Combs, Microsoft IT Pro Evangelist, citing an excerpt of the documentation’s description. (more…)

If you have faced such a situation when you are not able to connect some of the websites specifically on your mtnl broadband connection but all other websites other than those websites are reachable then this post is for you.

So after reading this post you will get answers for your questions like..

Why this problem actually occurs ?

This problem occurs when you have specified wrong address for any of your dns server’s primary or secondary.

How to solve this problem ? (more…)

Compared to their predecessors, Windows XP (on the client side) and Windows Server 2003 (on the server side), Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 bring to the table evolved networking technologies. Illustrative of the network enhancements of the latest client and server operating systems from Microsoft are the high-performance, auto-tuning TCP/IP stack and the integrated support for both IPv4 and IPv6. According to the Redmond company, Vista and Windows Server 2008 both include a redesigned TCP/IP stack offering functionality not only for Internet Protocol version 4, but also for Internet Protocol version 6, as well as ensuring a smooth transition from IPv4 to IPv6. (more…)

Windows XP is configured to help you take care of networking. It uses the TCP/IP protocol for networking in workgroups, or what you might call small office or home networks that do not use a dedicated server.
The problem is that automatic IP addressing can be slow. When your computer boots, it has to query the network to see what IP addresses are already in use and then assign itself one. If you want to speed up the boot time a bit, consider manually assigning IP addresses to all computers on the network. This way, the network computers do not have to worry about locating an automatic IP address. Because one is manually configured, the operating system doesn’t have to spend time solving this problem. (more…)