Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 817778 contains the following summary:
This article discusses the Advanced Networking Pack for
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1).
The Advanced Networking Pack is an
add-on for Windows XP SP1 that includes an updated Internet Protocol version 6
(IPv6) networking stack,
an IPv6 Internet Connection Firewall (ICF),
and the
Microsoft Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networking platform.
The optional Windows
Peer-to-Peer networking component provides a framework for peer-to-peer
programs to communicate directly between computers over Network Address
Translation (NAT) devices and over the Internet.
This article contains
information about how to install the Advanced Networking Pack for Windows XP
and the Windows XP Peer-to-Peer networking component,
discusses IPv6 Teredo NAT
traversal technology,
lists some known issues,
and describes how to
troubleshoot these issues.
