exe utility, 425??“428, 585
network adapters
connecting networks, 345
disabling, 214
Internet Connection Sharing
and, 390
investigating drivers, 314
Standby mode and, 215
troubleshooting, 321
viewing MAC addresses, 368
Network and Sharing Center (Control
Panel)
disabling drives, 214
MAC addresses, 368
Network Connections window, 21,
371, 382??“387, 389
setting up dial-up connections, 389
setting up ICS, 392
setting up PPPoE connections, 389
setting up VPNs, 400, 402
shared folders, 499
troubleshooting networks, 362, 366,
367
Network Connections window
accessing, 21
adding connections, 387
changing MAC addresses, 371
setting up PPPoE connections, 389
troubleshooting
connections, 382??“385
Network folder, 503??“505, 508
network interface card (NIC), 376
Network Level Authentication
(NLA), 404
Network News Transfer Protocol
(NNTP), 586
Network News Transfer Protocol over
SSL (NNTPS), 587
Network Time Protocol (NTP), 586
networks
connecting, 345, 373??“375
firewalls and, 280, 285, 415
hidden, 361, 363
managing performance, 214
prioritizing connections, 387
remote control, 403??“409
router roles, 391, 392
scanning for open ports, 425??“428
script support, 531??“533
security for, 62, 412??“428
slow access, 306
spreading malware, 280, 285
terminology, 341??“346
testing IP addresses, 387, 388
testing throughput, 395??“397
troubleshooting
connections, 382??“387
wiring considerations, 346??“349
(see also wireless networks)
New menu (Windows
Explorer), 142??“145
New-Item command (PowerShell), 566
NIC (network interface card), 376
Nikon, 186
Nikon NEF codec, 185, 191
NLA (Network Level
Authentication), 404
Nmap Security Scanner, 428
NNTP (Network News Transfer
Protocol), 586
NNTPS (Network News Transfer
Protocol over SSL), 587
NoClose value (Registry), 491
NoLowDiskSpaceChecks value, 248
Norton Internet Security, 437
Norton Personal Firewall, 437
NoteBurner, 177
Notepad
batch file support, 557
downloading videos, 165
editing Registry patches, 109
editing scripts, 515
Index | 617
launching via batch files, 557
limitations, 543
manipulating long URLs, 456
VBScript support, 540
web page blank form bug, 441
writing scripts in, 512
notification area
cleaning up, 57??“58
download performance and, 397
sending focus to, 49
nslookup command, 375, 385
ntbtlog.
Pages:
814
815
816
817
818
819
820
821
822
823
824
825
826
827
828
829
830
831
832
833
834
835
836
837
838