If you have problems accessing or opening web pages on a server, you can test your network connection to determine your host name (host name: In a URL, a unique name that identifies an Internet server. A host name has two or more parts, separated by periods, as in microsoft.com. Also called network location and Internet address. ), localhost (localhost: The name used to represent the same computer on which a TCP/IP message originates. If you access a server-based web site by using http://localhost, the request does not actually go out to the Internet.), IP address (IP address: An assigned number used to identify a computer that is connected to the Internet, much in the same way a telephone number identifies a telephone on a telephone network. An IP address is four numbers separated by periods, such as 192.200.44.69. ), TCP/IP stack (TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol; a protocol for communication between computers. This is the standard for communication over networks, including the Internet.), and Winsock (winsock: Short for Windows sockets. An application programming interface standard for software that provides a TCP/IP interface on computers running Windows. ) protocol settings.
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