A crash course in TCP/IP
At first glance, TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) may seem baffling. Many other protocols, such as NetBEUI and IPX/SPX, require no configuration. TCP/IP is different. Due to the seemingly endless number of options that you can configure within TCP/IP, many people become intimidated at first. In reality, however, TCP/IP isn’t very difficult, but you have to gain some understanding of what you’re configuring. So, I’m going to give you a crash course in TCP/IP. Although I won’t be able to explore every feature in detail, I’ll cover the important points.
The IP address
The most basic element of TCP/IP is the IP address. The IP address is a number that’s unique to each computer. If you know a computer’s IP address, you can communicate with that computer from anywhere in the world. Since TCP/IP is the protocol that the Internet uses and since Internet servers are located all over the world, TCP/IP must be routable. Thus, when you try to......
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