a protocol,both windows 200 and windows 9x required three element:
Networking in windows 7 is easier just click the network icon in the notification area. Type the required password needed for the network found and click connect automatically to save the password you don't need to do anything else
server manager
Explore few of the commands like Netstat &Nbtstat for Network Connections, Netsh for Firewall, Diskpart for Storage in Windows Server 2008.
they need to be configure and to see each othere
An adapter that supports the Zero Configuration service
You configure them in the local network connection properties dialog box.
Configure your computer to cache versions of the files to your hard disk
boot the destination client computer on the network
Put the NIC in the PC, and install the NIC's drivers. Configure the NIC using Windows, so that it has the appropriate addresses on the network and the correct network protocols. Test the NIC to verify that the PC can access resources on the network.
Go to the Playstaion Menu and then go onto settings and scroll down to Network Settings and then configure your settings to what you need.
QoS
What version of Linux do you want to configure the network on? there are thousands of distro's... and I need to know the following in order to answer your question: 1. Linux version 2. Network Card type 3. What kind of network connection are you trying to make?