Department of Computing, Imperial College, London, UK

PC Connectivity

TCP/IP, Winsock & dial-up Internet access


TCP/IP

If you want to know more about the Internet Protocols, here are two documents by Charles L. Hedrick of Rutgers University, which I recommend:

RFC 1180 is a tutorial on the TCP/IP protocol suite (63 KBytes).

InYong Hwang's TCP/IP Tutorial (seems to have disappeared, unfortunately)

A comprehensive article on Creating Organizational Links with the Global Internet

Zen and the Art of the Internet - A Beginner's Guide to the Internet by Brendan P. Kehoe

John Wobus' Local Area Networks Page

Jim Frost's BSD Sockets: A Quick And Dirty Primer

Brian "Beej" Hall's Guide to Network Programming Using Internet Sockets

Charm Net Personal IP Page provides you with the ability to "bootstrap" into connectivity with the Internet

and slightly off the point ...

Rich Graves' Windows 95 Networking FAQ

Steve Scoggins and Thomas Baltis' Windows NT Internet FAQ

Malcom Hoar's Data Communications FAQ (MS-Windows Version)

Michael Spalter's Fast Serial Ports and 16550 UARTs

Curt's High Speed Modem Page PC Modem News, FAQs, Files, Tips & Tricks

Ethernet FAQ (67 KBytes) from comp.dcom.lans.ethernet

Köppen EDV GmbH offer a TCP/IP BOOT-PROM for network-booting PCs


Bernard Aboba's PC-Internet Connection Update Page contains pointers to the latest and greatest resources for users of TCP/IP on the PC

Rawn Shah's PC TCP/IP & NFS Frequently Asked Questions list


Winsock

TWIG - The Windows Internet Guide

The Winsock-L Home Page

Stardust Technologies' Winsock Resource Center

Harold A. Driscoll's Windows Socket Product Summary

Forrest H. Stroud's Consummate Winsock Applications List

Scott A. Swedorski's The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software

Keith Ellis' "Best Of" List of Winsock applications

Xiaomu Niu's Internet Application Collection for Windows

Bob Quinn and Dave Shute's Winsock Development Information


Trumpet Winsock

The Centre for Computing Services has purchased a Site Licence for the Trumpet Winsock package.

It is available from their ftp server under /pub/packages/ibmpc/winsock. Look at the README file first.

Lynn Larrow's SLiRP/TIA and Trumpet Winsock Setup Reference might prove useful.


Dial-Up Internet Access

Imperial College Department of Computing is not in the business of providing dial-up Internet access (SLIP/PPP).

Here are lists of UK-based Internet Service Providers from

HOWEVER: The CCS modem service provides dial-up Internet access.


While visitors from afar are welcome, the information on this page is intended primarily for staff and students of the Department of Computing at Imperial College, London, UK

Please drop me a line with any comments or just to say hello.


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last updated: 23-Jul-97 Ian Harries <ih@doc.ic.ac.uk>