The first thing to ensure that you are running the NIC on the client at Full Duplex and also ensure that the switch that you are using to connect to the server is running a Gibabit NOC and running 1000SX and not running 100TX
Using your scenario of one server and one computer
Server - At least two Gigabit network cards. Team the network cards up so that they act as one.
Network - A managed Gigabit switch. Use port aggregation where the server network cards are connected.
XP workstation - Gigabit network card.
work station is a server which is help us to connect network
server manager
I would daresay it is short for dedicated server. A server that is used only as a server, not as a workstation. This is done for stability; on a large network, this is usually more important than saving one workstation.
Network monitor.
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yellow network monitor
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Server manager
The Domain Controller (Server)
Each individual workstation would control its own access. Whereas in a domain environment the server would control access to each individual workstation.
Explore few of the commands like Netstat &Nbtstat for Network Connections, Netsh for Firewall, Diskpart for Storage in Windows Server 2008.
A proxy server is a server that acts as an intermediary between a workstation user and the Internet so that the enterprise can ensure security, administrative control, and caching service. A proxy server is associated with a gateway server that separates the enterprise network from the outside network and a firewall server that protects the enterprise network from outside intrusion.