Archive for the 'Networking' Category
Resolve TCP IP Network Configuration Issues in Windows Vista
Saturday, October 13th, 2007Microsoft has set up the networking infrastructure in Windows Vista in such a manner that it requires only minimal user interaction, especially when the operating system has to interact with a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server. DHCP is designed to take the user out of the equation of assigning an Internet Protocol (IP) address [...]
How to fix Vistas network bottlenecks
Monday, October 1st, 2007As much as I enjoy using Vista, I’ve definitely noticed that in some networking activities, it definitely seems to struggle. Particularly compared with Windows XP. For the most part it’s not a problem – I just assumed that Vista’s beefy network stack was responsible, and made a mental note to fix it at some point. [...]
How to create a Windows Vista VPN connection
Saturday, April 28th, 2007VPNs can be a lifesaver. Secure remote access enables additional productivity, saves travel time and empowers administrators and other staff. Here’s how to create an ever-popular VPN connection in Windows Vista. Use Windows Vista’s Network console (reached from the Start menu) to create a VPN connection.
Windows Vista: Bluetooth
Monday, January 29th, 2007After the nightmare of Windows XP adopting Bluetooth networking, Microsoft has stepped up and made some significant changes to their previously terrible software. Windows Vista has become one of the key topics of discussion for many people in the past few months, but one area that has received very little attention is the new Bluetooth [...]
Vista TCP/IP Promises and Perils
Thursday, December 14th, 2006While we haven’t had a chance to play with Vista yet, (both of us are on the road all the time and we don’t have access to a lab,) we have been doing a lot of research on the new TCP/IP features of Vista and Longhorn.
We spent some time poring over a document from Microsoft’s [...]
Vista Network stack to speed up your torrents
Wednesday, October 4th, 2006Windows Vista has a brand new Network Stack. According to tests conducted on both Windows XP and Vista, the new stack might actually speed up BitTorrent transfers by an estimated 10%. We’ve been hearing a lot about how Windows Vista has a brand new ‘Network Stack‘. As I understand it, a Network or Protocol Stack [...]
NAP to be kicked out of Vista
Wednesday, October 4th, 2006Microsoft’s Network Access Protection (NAP) technology may be dropped from its forthcoming Windows Vista operating system, while the industry remains divided over the definition of network access control (NAC) and the problems it is trying to solve. Jan Guldentops, director of the BA Test Labs, dismissed NAP as vapourware and said it was too complex [...]
Five things you will be glad to hear about Longhorn Server networking
Friday, August 18th, 2006With all of the coverage of Windows Vista and its many improvements for client desktops, it’s easy to forget that an equally large team of developers is working on the next generation of Windows on the server. Many enhancements are slated for Longhorn Server and most are actually already checked into code and operational in [...]
Vista for Network Admins: What is In It for You?
Thursday, August 17th, 2006Like it or not, Microsoft Vista is coming. Eventually. As a network administrator there’s certainly no compelling reason to rush to implement it in your organization until the early adopters and that generally means home users – have had a chance to discover the hard way the most obvious security flaws that the new [...]
Good and bad news for Vista networking
Saturday, July 22nd, 2006It’s one of those bad-news, good-news situations for Microsoft’s coming operating system, Windows Vista.
In a paper released this week by Symantec (the owner of SecurityFocus), two researchers analyzed the new networking stack in Windows Vista and found several classes of vulnerabilities. Overall, the researchers concluded that the move to a new code base for Vista’s [...]
