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The Media Sensing feature in Windows 2000, Windows XP and later is used to detect whether the network media are in a link state. With Media Sense feature,  Windows senses a link state as UP or DOWN based on [...]

The Time To Live (TTL) value in an IPv4 packet determines the maximum number of links or hops on which an IPv4 packet is allowed to travel before being discarded. The default TTL value in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista is set to 128. While the defaults are good enough and may never need [...]

Gratuitous ARP is a feature of Address Resolution Protocol in which a Gratuitous ARP request is sent by a host for its own IP Address while initiliazing.  Gratuitous ARP requests are sent to ensure that the IPv4 address is not already in use on the locally attached subnet.
In Windows 2008 & Windows Vista, we can [...]

Me.dium is an add-on for Internet Explorer, Firefox and Flock Web browsers that allows you to peek behind the curtain of the web. After you install it, a Me.dium “map” appears in the left pane of the browser. The map displays an icon representing you and the website you are viewing, along with icons of [...]

Just came across this great fantastic, next generation web browser and have to say with a touch of artistic effects powered by Mozilla. It’s Flock.  Flock is more than a web browser and some of the features include