Overview of Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows NT

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is a networking protocol that provides communication across interconnected networks made up of computers with diverse hardware architectures and various operating systems. TCP/IP can be used to communicate with Windows NT systems, with devices that use other Microsoft networking products, and with non-Microsoft systems, such as UNIX systems.

This chapter introduces Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows NT. The topics in this chapter include the following:

For more detailed information on TCP/IP and its integration with Microsoft Windows NT and other networking products, see Chapter 12, "Networking Concepts for TCP/IP."