8.6. Connecting with UNIX and Other TCP/IP Machines
In the previous sections, you learned about network communications using Windows' native communication protocol. Mailslots and named pipes work well in cases where you want to communicate with other Windows machines on a homogeneous Windows network.
Windows also supports the TCP/IP protocol. This is the protocol used by UNIX machines and the Internet. If you load the TCP/IP drivers in the Network applet of the Control Panel, a number of TCP/IP commands (ftp, telnet, finger, etc.) become available on the command line. You can also create code that can read and write packets on the network using the TCP/IP protocol. There are at least three reasons for creating code using this protocol:
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