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Windows XP : Networking

Quickly gather MAC addresses in Windows XP with ARP

When securing a wireless Windows XP network, in addition to using Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) or Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) encryption, you can use Media Access Control (MAC) address filtering. When you enable MAC address filtering, the wireless access point or wireless router verifies that the network card in the...

Enable WLAN for automatic wireless configuration

Windows XP ships with a built-in support for wireless local area networks (WLANs), which is compatible with the 802.11b standard. Simply insert a WLAN PC card in your laptop or desktop computer and the OS automatically installs the required software and runs the services....

Create a simple VPN server with Win XP

Windows XP supports many different network technologies, including Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)....

Why not NetBEUI?

Many users are disappointed that Microsoft discontinued support for NetBEUI, as a number of networks still use this protocol....

Microsoft NetBEUI support discontinued in Win XP

Like Windows 2000, by default, Windows XP uses TCP/IP, which has become a standard network protocol. With Windows XP, Microsoft decided to discontinue support of the NetBEUI (NetBIOS Extended User Interface) network protocol....

Take control with Discovery and Control in Win XP

Internet Connection Sharing (ICS), which is built into Windows XP, allows you to easily share one connection to the Internet with other computers. Strictly speaking, ICS is not new; it was included in previous versions of Windows (Windows 98/Me and Windows 2000), but Windows XP's version includes some new features....

Take advantage of the Home Networking Wizard

Microsoft included this special wizard to help you configure your home network. With this wizard, you don't have to manually configure any of your home computers. All you have to do is run the wizard on all of them....

Enable Internet Connection Sharing with Win XP

Like previous versions of Windows, Windows XP ships with the Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) feature, which allows you to use one Internet connection for several computers. For example, if you have three networked computers and one has an Internet connection, you can use ICS to share the single connection....