Availability of Windows Sockets 2.0 for Windows 95

This article describes the availability of Windows Sockets 2.0 for Windows 95.

This release includes a new version of the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) stack and resolves the following WinSock issues:

• Slow performance with some Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX) programs.
• An incompatibility with Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 that could cause a page fault error message.
• A problem with Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) version 2 support that could cause programs to drop out of a multicast groups.

This update consists of one file named W95ws2setup.exe. This file installs an updated TCP/IP stack, updated TCP/IP utilities, and updated WinSock 2 components.

New TCP/IP Features

This release of Windows Sockets 2.0 for Windows 95 includes several features that improve network performance. These features include:

• Support for TCP large windows (TCPLW) and time stamps
• Support for selective acknowledgements
• Support for fast retransmission and recovery
• Support for DHCP release on shutdown
• Support for DHCP decline
• Support for per-adapter WINS servers

For additional information about this update, please see the "Release Notes" document at the following Microsoft Web site. The update is also available at this site.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/e/0/0e05231b-6bd1-4def-a216-c656fbd22b4e/W95ws2setup.exe (http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/e/0/0e05231b-6bd1-4def-a216-c656fbd22b4e/w95ws2setup.exe)