Windows Vista® Resource Kit, Second Edition

Understanding Connection Types

Windows Vista supports both outgoing and incoming network connections. For outgoing connections, the Windows Vista computer acts as a client that connects to a remote computer, server, or network to access remote resources. For incoming connections, Windows Vista acts as a server to allow other computers to connect to the computer and access resources on it.

Outgoing Connection Types

Windows Vista supports a number of different types of outgoing (client-side) network connections:

• LAN or high-speed Internet connection. A connection to an Ethernet local area network (LAN) or broadband router providing high-speed access to the Internet. LAN connections are computer-to-network connections that Windows Vista creates automatically ...