Windows Networking Tools

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WindoWs netWorking tools

system include FTP as an MS-DOS application. Although better

known to modern Windows users as a Command Prompt applica-

tion, in reality we are using software developed initially for the DOS.

us in Figure1.3 we observe the use of FTP built into Windows and

accessed through the Command Prompt. In this example we simply

entered FTP into the Command Prompt to invoke the application

and then typed “help” to obtain a list of FTP commands. Later in this

book we discuss how you can operate the Command Prompt.

Because it is free, the addition of a TCP/IP protocol stack with

the introduction of Windows 95, to include severa