You can interrogate each network
interface to find out additional information by right-clicking the interface and selecting
the appropriate item. Items that can be displayed include TCP/IP information, address
translations, IP addresses, IP routing tables, TCP connections, and UDP listener ports.
Additional properties about a network interface can be obtained by double-clicking
the interface. The IPv4 interface properties are displayed across three tabs: General,
Multicast Boundaries, and Multicast Heartbeat, as shown in Figure 11-7. The second
two tabs refer to the multicasting properties of IPv4 and are used to configure its scope,
Figure 11-4. Selecting LAN Routing
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time to live (TTL), and heartbeat detection settings. The General tab contains the bulk of
the information that is critical to managing your interface. These settings are described
in Table 11-1.
Routing Protocols
Windows Server 2008 supports the following routing protocols:
?–? Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Relay Agent
?– DHCPv6 Relay Agent
?– Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) Router and Proxy
?– NAT
?–? RIPv2 for Internet Protocol
Figure 11-5. Routing and Remote Access interface
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The DHCP relay agents facilitate DHCP request forwarding over the routers. They
come in both standard IPv4 and the new IPv6 flavors.
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