| Introduction | p. xvii |
| Self-Assessment | p. xxxi |
| Microsoft Certification Exams | p. 1 |
| Assessing Exam-Readiness | p. 2 |
| The Exam Situation | p. 3 |
| Exam Layout And Design | p. 4 |
| Microsoft's Testing Formats | p. 6 |
| Strategies For Different Testing Formats | p. 8 |
| Mastering The Inner Game | p. 11 |
| Additional Resources | p. 12 |
| Concepts And Planning: TCP/IP And Windows NT 4 | p. 13 |
| TCP/IP: Explored And Explained | p. 14 |
| The OSI Model And TCP/IP | p. 15 |
| Microsoft's TCP/IP: Architectural Overview | p. 21 |
| Practice Questions | p. 30 |
| Need To Know More? | p. 36 |
| Installation And Configuration | p. 37 |
| Installing TCP/IP On Windows NT 4 | p. 38 |
| Configuring TCP/IP On Windows NT 4 | p. 40 |
| Verifying And Testing The Configuration | p. 50 |
| Practice Questions | p. 53 |
| Need To Know More? | p. 60 |
| IP Addressing | p. 61 |
| IP Addressing: Explored And Explained | p. 62 |
| Subdividing A Network: Subnets And Subnet Masks | p. 72 |
| Troubleshooting IP Addressing Problems | p. 75 |
| Practice Questions | p. 76 |
| Need To Know More? | p. 80 |
| Subnet Addressing | p. 81 |
| Subnet Addressing: Explored And Explained | p. 82 |
| Implementing A Subnetwork Architecture | p. 87 |
| CIDR: Classless Inter-Domain Routing | p. 96 |
| Practice Questions | p. 98 |
| Need To Know More? | p. 106 |
| Implementing IP Routing | p. 107 |
| IP Routing: Explored And Explained | p. 108 |
| The Routing Process | p. 108 |
| Static Vs. Dynamic Routing | p. 110 |
| Multihomed Computers And IP Routing | p. 117 |
| Practice Questions | p. 120 |
| Need To Know More? | p. 125 |
| IP Address Resolution | p. 127 |
| ARP: Explored And Explained | p. 128 |
| The ARP Cache | p. 130 |
| Reverse Address Resolution Protocol | p. 132 |
| Resolution Problems | p. 132 |
| Practice Questions | p. 133 |
| Need To Know More? | p. 136 |
| Host Name Resolution | p. 137 |
| Host Names: Explored And Explained | p. 138 |
| How Host Name Resolution Works | p. 142 |
| Practice Questions | p. 151 |
| Need To Know More? | p. 156 |
| Domain Name System (DNS) | p. 157 |
| DNS: Explored And Explained | p. 158 |
| BIND | p. 158 |
| The Domain Name Space | p. 159 |
| Name Resolution | p. 161 |
| Caching And Time To Live (TTL) | p. 164 |
| Installing And Configuring DNS | p. 164 |
| Troubleshooting DNS With NSLOOKUP | p. 174 |
| Practice Questions | p. 176 |
| Need To Know More? | p. 180 |
| NetBIOS Name Resolution | p. 181 |
| NetBIOS Names: Explored And Explained | p. 182 |
| Registration, Discovery, And Release Of NetBIOS Names | p. 184 |
| NetBIOS Name Resolution | p. 186 |
| The NetBIOS Name Cache | p. 186 |
| WINS | p. 187 |
| B-Node Broadcast | p. 187 |
| LMHOSTS | p. 188 |
| HOSTS File And DNS | p. 191 |
| NetBIOS Over TCP/IP Node Types | p. 191 |
| B-Node | p. 191 |
| Enhanced B-Node | p. 192 |
| P-Node | p. 192 |
| M-Node | p. 192 |
| H-Node | p. 192 |
| Using NetBIOS Over TCP/IP To Browse Across Routers | p. 193 |
| Troubleshooting NetBIOS Naming Problems | p. 194 |
| Practice Questions | p. 196 |
| Need To Know More? | p. 202 |
| Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) | p. 203 |
| DHCP: Explored And Explained | p. 204 |
| DHCP: Obtain And Renew Your Lease | p. 205 |
| Planning And Implementing DHCP On Your Network | p. 206 |
| The IPCONFIG Utility | p. 212 |
| Administering The DHCP Database | p. 213 |
| Practice Questions | p. 215 |
| Need To Know More? | p. 218 |
| Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) | p. 219 |
| WINS: Explored And Explained | p. 220 |
| Administering WINS | p. 223 |
| Configuring WINS Clients | p. 227 |
| WINS Proxy Agents | p. 229 |
| Practice Questions | p. 231 |
| Need To Know More? | p. 235 |
| Connectivity | p. 237 |
| Microsoft IP Utilities | p. 238 |
| Internet Information Server Services | p. 243 |
| TCP/IP Printing | p. 248 |
| Practice Questions | p. 250 |
| Need To Know More? | p. 253 |
| Implementing The SNMP Service | p. 255 |
| SNMP: Explored And Explained | p. 256 |
| MIB (Management Information Base) | p. 259 |
| Architecture Of Microsoft's SNMP | p. 261 |
| Installation And Configuration Of SNMP | p. 63 |
| SNMP In Action | p. 267 |
| The Next Generation | p. 270 |
| Practice Questions | p. 272 |
| Need To Know More? | p. 277 |
| Performance, Tuning, And Optimization | p. 279 |
| Basic Performance Factors | p. 280 |
| Tuning Techniques | p. 282 |
| Network Optimization Guidelines | p. 284 |
| Practice Questions | p. 289 |
| Need To Know More? | p. 292 |
| Troubleshooting | p. 293 |
| TCP/IP Troubleshooting Tools | p. 294 |
| Guidelines For Troubleshooting TCP/IP | p. 295 |
| Diagnostic Tools And Techniques | p. 299 |
| Obtaining Technical Support From Microsoft | p. 304 |
| Practice Questions | p. 306 |
| Need To Know More? | p. 312 |
| Sample Test #1 | p. 313 |
| Questions, Questions, Questions | p. 314 |
| Picking Proper Answers | p. 315 |
| Decoding Ambiguity | p. 316 |
| Working Within The Framework | p. 316 |
| Deciding What To Memorize | p. 317 |
| Preparing For The Test | p. 318 |
| Taking The Test | p. 319 |
| Sample Test #1 | p. 320 |
| Answer Key #1 | p. 341 |
| Sample Test #2 | p. 355 |
| Answer Key #2 | p. 379 |
| Glossary | p. 395 |
| Index | p. 411 |
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