Choose Protocols
Windows may have already automatically chosen protocols
for you. This section tells you how to check on your protocols,
and select the ones you want.
For this Guide we will just talk about one communications
protocol -- TCP/IP (Transfer Control Protocol/Internet Protocol).
You may also want to use NetBEUI (NetBios Extended User Interface).
This comes with your Windows operating system.
Newbie note: Have you been
trying to telnet into your friends' Windows computer? Normally
Win 95/98/NT doesn't run a telnet server that allows connections
into it, just a telnet client that allows the user to telnet
out of that computer. You have a better chance of remotely
entering a Windows computer using the NetBEUI protocol -- or
talking your friend into installing a "remote administration"
program such as PC Anywhere or Back Orifice. (Warning -- Back
Orifice is not a very nice remote admin tool -- use with extreme
caution or the baddies will abuse it!)
Now, back to TCP/IP. In Control Panel, click Network.
This brings up a box with the opening tab being "Configuration."
If you are lucky, it already will have a line saying something
like "TCP/IP->NE2000 compatible." (Figure
3.)
