Install & Configure Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 (64-bit) Core install

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to Windows Reference RSS feed Thanks for visiting!Installing and enabling the Hyper-V role in Windows Server 2008 Core installation  (64-bit) takes a few commands from the command-line. Click here for a step by step procedure to install and configure on a Windows Server 2008 Full installation. [...]

Hyper-V - Install & enable on Windows Server 2008 (64-bit)

If you have installed your Windows Server 2008 from a recent media download or shipped by microsoft then chances are that you already have the Hyper-V Role installed on your system but not enabled yet.

Enable/Disable response to ARP request without Unicase Source Ethernet Address

Windows Server 2008/2003, Windows Vista, Windows XP and Windows 2000 by default will respond to ARP requests only if the Ethernet address in an ARP request is unicast. The system will not respond if the incoming ARP request did not have a unicast source ethernet address.

IPv4 packet encapsultation using IEEE 802.3 SNAP in ethernet subnets

By default IPv4 packets are encapsulated on Ethernet  subnets in Ethernet II or Ethernet DIX format in Windows server 2008/2003, Windows Vista/XP/2000. However, if you need to use IEEE 802.3 SNAP (Sub-Network Acces Protocol) then this can be done from Windows Registry.

Enable/Disable response to ICMP Type 17 address request messages in local network

Networked Computers can send ICMP Type 17 messages to know the subnet mask of the local network. Only hosts configured to be routers or gateways can respond to these messages. By default Windows hosts do not respond to ICMP Type 17 (Address request) messages as restriced by RFC 1122.