Socket Protocol Families

Sockets that share common communication properties, such as naming conventions and address formats, are grouped into protocol families.

A protocol family includes the following:

• Rules for manipulating and interpreting network addresses
  
• A collection of related address formats that comprise an address family
  
• A set of network protocols

Topics

Supported Protocol Families TCP/IP Properties
Local IPC Properties
NetBIOS Domain Properties
Routing Domain Properties