Chapter 13: Windows CE Networking

Networks are at the heart of modern computer systems. Over the years, Microsoft Windows has supported a variety of networks and networking APIs. The evolving nature of networking APIs along with the need to keep systems backward compatible has resulted in a huge array of overlapping functions and parallel APIs. As in many places in Windows CE, the networking API is a subset of the vast array of networking functions supported under Windows XP. This chapter covers the Windows Networking API. This API supports basic network connections so that a Windows CE device can access disks and printers on a network.