Troubleshooting Internet Connectivity Problems

Along with the proliferation of Internet usage has come remarkable strides in Internet-related technology. Applications and hardware are more powerful, a lot more reliable, and usually more user-friendly, making connecting to the Internet easier than ever. Yet the Internet—and our ability to connect to it—involves a complex system of domain namespaces, user authentication, power supplies, servers, protocols, routers, switches, cables, connections, modems, ISPs, and of course, properly configured home or business computers that allow us to connect our machines to the rest of the world. Sounds simple, right? Fortunately, Windows XP makes access to the Internet easier than ever. Yet even with today's ...

Get Platinum Edition Using® Microsoft® Windows® XP now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.