TCP/IP MCSE Study Guide [Hardcover]

Greg P. Bulette (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764531123 | ISBN-13: 978-0764531125 | Publication Date: March 3, 1998

"A good technical read that will definitively help you prepare for the test!" — Joseph Paul Goschy, Applied Materials Online Exclusives www.idgbooks.com/rc/mcse MCSE Resource Center • Articles • Software • Giveaways • Updates 3 Essentials for Success:

1. Don't get bogged down studying the wrong information Designed exclusively for the MCSE exams, TCP/IP MCSE Study Guide focuses on the exam objectives without losing track of the overall context you need to master TCP/IP. Detailed chapter-opening cross-references and end-of-chapter summaries, review questions, and labs point you directly to the information you need to pass the TCP/IP exam.
2. Learn directly from the experts Benefit from the real-world experience, product knowledge, and training expertise of Greg Bulette — a Microsoft-certified expert who knows TCP/IP inside out and has helped hundreds of students attain their certification goals.
3. Practice, Practice, Practice The MCSE exams assess more than what you know — they test how well you can apply what you know. Our two-tiered approach will help you assess your practical skills:
   • Instant Assessment: multiple choice, true/false, and short-answer questions to reinforce your basic understanding of the exam objectives
   • Critical Thinking and Hands-On Labs: multiple-step exercises with questions that mirror the performance-based style of the exam

The MCSE Challenge Your company has been assigned a Class B network address. Your network is currently subdivided into 10 subnets. You plan to add 25 new subnets over the next two years. You want to be able to support as many as 500 host computers on each subnet. Which subnet mask should you assign to support this configuration? Check the "Subdividing a Network" section in Chapter 4 for a complete answer. Exclusive! The Microsoft Professional's Key Tools for Success

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Amazon.com Review

TCP/IP MCSE Study Guide is a competent explanation of TCP/IP and the popular MCSE elective exam that tests knowledge of the Internet communications protocols. Study this book closely and do the excellent laboratory exercises, and you'll be ready to pass the TCP/IP portion of the MCSE exam.

The author breaks TCP/IP into several logical units--general concepts, IP addressing (including routing, subnets, and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol [DHCP]), name resolution (including Windows Internet Naming Service [WINS], Domain Name System [DNS], and NetBIOS) and advanced topics (mainly protocol bridging, Simple Network Management Protocol [SNMP], and troubleshooting). Each topic is covered with plenty of clear, explanatory prose, some concise tables (typically showing parameters), and a number of excellent conceptual diagrams. Step-by-step procedures appear where they are needed, but aren't so numerous as to become overbearing. One would like to see more about integrating NT-based TCP/IP with a legacy Novell NetWare LAN.

One neat feature of this book is the orientation of its exercises toward a practice lab. Bulette shows you how to set up a simple experimental network, consisting of one machine running NT Server and one running NT Workstation. He then uses that rig for exercises throughout the book.

About the Author

About the Author Greg P. Bulette, MCSE and MCT, has over 15 years of enterprise systems training experience — including writing exams, developing courseware, and teaching "train-the-trainer" courses for Microsoft throughout the world. Bulette has also managed a number of network integration projects for both industry and government. Technically reviewed by Wally Mead, MCT and MCP, and Craig Zacker, network administrator.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 654 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (March 3, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764531123
• ISBN-13: 978-0764531125
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,073,198 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Well worth the money!!, August 27, 1998

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This review is from: TCP/IP MCSE Study Guide (Hardcover)

The only reason this book gets four stars is because of the errors. There were about 8(?) errors in the subnetting chapter. However, the content is so rich, you'll be able to notice these errors yourself. I applaud IDG for putting together the best study guides on the market. You get all you need to pass the three NT exams and the TCP/IP. I will never waste money on Sybex again. The reviewer below is correct, not much on PPTP but, the IDG NT 4.0 MCSE study guide covers this protocol well enough for the test.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent study guide in desperate need of proofreading., May 14, 1998

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This review is from: TCP/IP MCSE Study Guide (Hardcover)

I am beginning to believe that any book with "MCSE" in the title was written with a "damn the proofreading, full speed ahead, get those training bucks before someone else does" attitude, and this one is no exception. In spite of the abundance of errors, the book is well organized and is an excellent study guide for someone preparing for the Microsoft TCP/IP exam. However, you'd best have reliable reference sources (e.g., Comer's vol. 1, Albitz & Liu's DNS & BIND, Technet, the lab setup itself) to resolve the many suspect things in the book; using those references and otherwise following this book's course of study, with the labs, will prepare you well for the exam. Once you've passed the exam, however, this book is of little value as a future reference.

4.0 out of 5 stars Another Hit!, June 10, 2000

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Reynaldo Gonzalez - See all my reviews

This review is from: TCP/IP MCSE Study Guide (Hardcover)

As I have said before, there are tons of books to choose from and once again I hit the right one. Although it can improve in some of the expalnations used, the book focuses on the concepts good enough to understand them. I used this book alone with transcenders and scored 833 on the test. So, do I recommed this book? You bet. Good luck.

Jay Gonzalez, MCP, At Large