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TCP/IP Application Development

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Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3

4/8/2010

This section describes how the Windows Embedded CE operating system (OS) implements Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). Microsoft TCP/IP protocol suite is examined from the bottom up. Network traces are used to illustrate key concepts. These traces were gathered and formatted using Microsoft Network Monitor 2.0, a software-based protocol tracing and analysis tool included with Microsoft Systems Management Server. This material is intended for network engineers and support professionals who are already familiar with TCP/IP.

The Windows Mobile OS includes a standards-based TCP/IP stack, allowing Windows Mobile devices to participate as peers and servers on local area networks (LANs) and remote networks.

In This Section

TCP/IP Support in Windows Mobile

Shows the characteristics and services that TCP/IP provides in Windows Embedded CE.

TCP/IP Architectural Model

Describes how TCP/IP fits into the architecture that Windows Embedded CE uses to communicate.

Core Protocol Stack for IPv4

Describes the core protocol stack, which includes Address Resolution Protocol, Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP), and Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP). Duplicate IP address detection, multihoming, Classless Interdomain Routing (CIDR), managing IPv4 routes, Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), User Datagram Protocol (UDP), and host name resolution are also discussed.

Assigning an IPv4 Address to a Device

Describes how IPv4 addresses are assigned to a device. It also describes how to assign a device name, manually configure an address, and use DHCP to automatically configure and address.

Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS)

Describes the NDIS interface that TCP/IP uses to communicate with network card drivers.

IPv6 Application Development

Describes how the Windows Mobile implements IPv6.

TCP/IP Reference

Describes how you can configure Dynamic Name Service (DNS), Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP), and Internet Protocol Helper (IP Helper) programming elements.

Windows Sockets

Describes the Windows Sockets (Winsock) interfaces. Applications access the TCP/IP stack through the Winsock interface.

TCP/IP Best Practices

Provides general best practices for TCP/IP.

TCP/IP Security

Presents security information for TCP/IP and security best practices.

TCP/IP Registry Settings

Describes how you can configure the TCP/IP registry.

Dual Stack Architecture

Describes the dual protocol stack that supports 32-bit IPv4 addresses and 128-bit IPv6 addresses. Windows CE .NET 4.1 and later supports this dual stack.

TCP/IP and Windows Sockets

Describes how applications access the TCP/IP stack through the Windows Sockets (Winsock) interface.