Networking
Enable/Disable some or all of IPv6 capabilities in Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008
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By default all the supported features for IPv6 are enabled in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. However, if you are not using IPv6 yet then you don’t need to be enabled at all or if you do use [...]
DHCP & Static IP Settings in Windows Registry
Have you ever wondered where the network configuration settings like IP Address Subnet mask or the same settings provided by your DHCP server (propably your home broadband router) on a network interface or a wireless interface are stored on your computer?
Undoubtedly, these are stored in the Windows registry. While there is no need to change [...]
Disable IP Source Routing in Windows Server 2008 & Windows Vista
IP Soure routing is an option which allows the source of a packet to specify the path that the packet will take, and what path return packets sent back to the source will take. Source routing is useful when the default route that a connection will take fails or is suboptimal for some reason, or [...]
Enable/Disable Path MTU (PMTU) Blackhole router detection in Windows
A few days ago, we saw how to Enable/Disable Path MTU Discovery (PMTU Discovery) from the registry. Now, we shall go further and see how to Enable or Disable Path MTU Blackhole router detection in Windows 2008/Vista/2003/XP/2000 from Windows Registry. Path MTU Blackhole router detection is enabled by default so as the Path MTU Discovery.
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Enable/Disable Path MTU Discovery in Windows 2008/2003/Vista/XP/2000
Path maximum transmission unit (PMTU) discovery is the process of discovering the maximum size of packet that can be sent across the network between two hosts without fragmentation (that is, without the packet being broken into multiple frames during transmission). By discovering the path MTU (PMTU) and limiting TCP segments to this size, TCP can [...]
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By default all the supported features for IPv6 are enabled in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. However, if you are not using IPv6 yet then you don’t need to be enabled at all or if you do use [...]
Have you ever wondered where the network configuration settings like IP Address Subnet mask or the same settings provided by your DHCP server (propably your home broadband router) on a network interface or a wireless interface are stored on your computer?
Undoubtedly, these are stored in the Windows registry. While there is no need to change [...]
Disable IP Source Routing in Windows Server 2008 & Windows Vista
IP Soure routing is an option which allows the source of a packet to specify the path that the packet will take, and what path return packets sent back to the source will take. Source routing is useful when the default route that a connection will take fails or is suboptimal for some reason, or [...]
Enable/Disable Path MTU (PMTU) Blackhole router detection in Windows
A few days ago, we saw how to Enable/Disable Path MTU Discovery (PMTU Discovery) from the registry. Now, we shall go further and see how to Enable or Disable Path MTU Blackhole router detection in Windows 2008/Vista/2003/XP/2000 from Windows Registry. Path MTU Blackhole router detection is enabled by default so as the Path MTU Discovery.
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Enable/Disable Path MTU Discovery in Windows 2008/2003/Vista/XP/2000
Path maximum transmission unit (PMTU) discovery is the process of discovering the maximum size of packet that can be sent across the network between two hosts without fragmentation (that is, without the packet being broken into multiple frames during transmission). By discovering the path MTU (PMTU) and limiting TCP segments to this size, TCP can [...]
IP Soure routing is an option which allows the source of a packet to specify the path that the packet will take, and what path return packets sent back to the source will take. Source routing is useful when the default route that a connection will take fails or is suboptimal for some reason, or [...]
A few days ago, we saw how to Enable/Disable Path MTU Discovery (PMTU Discovery) from the registry. Now, we shall go further and see how to Enable or Disable Path MTU Blackhole router detection in Windows 2008/Vista/2003/XP/2000 from Windows Registry. Path MTU Blackhole router detection is enabled by default so as the Path MTU Discovery.
A [...]
Enable/Disable Path MTU Discovery in Windows 2008/2003/Vista/XP/2000
Path maximum transmission unit (PMTU) discovery is the process of discovering the maximum size of packet that can be sent across the network between two hosts without fragmentation (that is, without the packet being broken into multiple frames during transmission). By discovering the path MTU (PMTU) and limiting TCP segments to this size, TCP can [...]
Path maximum transmission unit (PMTU) discovery is the process of discovering the maximum size of packet that can be sent across the network between two hosts without fragmentation (that is, without the packet being broken into multiple frames during transmission). By discovering the path MTU (PMTU) and limiting TCP segments to this size, TCP can [...]
