Using a mobile hotspot and want to save bandwidth? In the network selection dialog, press and hold or right click on the network and select Set as Metered Connection. Setting this option will tell Windows to treat the wifi connection like a mobile broadband connection, deferring updates and telling...

Christian Huitema  thinks we should move to a p2p system for DNS replacement. Who is he you ask? Since I've known him, he has been a Architect at Microsoft and now is the Director for Wireless in Windows Networking. Before he came to Microsoft he was a member of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB...

Guess what the first api you have to call is? HRESULT WINAPI PeerCollabStartup ( WORD wVersionRequested ); http://windowssdk.msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/P2PSDK/p2p/peercollabstartup.asp It's our friend Mr. Startup! The only version currently supported...

Security for the Peer Networking platform is achieved through self signed x.509 certificates. This method of using self signed certificates eliminates the need of having a certificate authority issue a certificate to each user in a network. This eliminates the cost (both monetary and time) associated...