December 2001
Intermediate to advanced
912 pages
24h 44m
English
The TCP/IP suite is considered a suite because it encompasses not just TCP and IP, but many other protocols, services, and applications as well. Part of this suite includes several useful tools that can be used for testing your TCP/IP configuration and troubleshooting remote connectivity. In the next few sections, you will learn about how to use some of these tools supplied with Windows XP.
The two most commonly used tools you will find in the TCP/IP suite are the ping and tracert (trace route) commands. The ping command simply sends an ICMP ECHO request message to a remote computer and lets you know if it receives a reply from the remote computer, ...
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