3How Windows Vista Handles Wireless Networking

In this chapter

• Vista’s New Networking Features

• Under the Hood: Vista’s Next Generation TCP/IP Stack

• Easier File and Folder Sharing

Each new version of Windows has made significant improvements in the operating system’s networking capabilities. Back in the days of Windows 95 and Windows 98, networking was a complicated affair for technical experts only; you could set up and configure a network from within Windows, but it took a lot of work. Things got much better with Windows XP, where networking became more or less a plug-and-play operation—albeit one that required a lot of user interaction and didn’t always work as promised.

With Windows Vista, things again have changed for ...

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