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TCP/IP
Exam 70-59

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concepts you will find on the first 12 pages of this study guide.
Read and reread these pages until you know them by heart.

Especially the part on IP Addressing.

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IP Routing
Internet Protocol (IP) Routing is the process of delivering an IP packet to a host on a separate/remote PC. Windows
NT Server has the ability to be configured as a router. This is known as a multihomed computer. A multihomed
computer must have at least two network interfaces connected to separate subnets. Each network interface is capable
of having up to five IP addresses.

A Router builds Routing tables based on experience. Tries to deliver packets locally, if not found goes to default
gateway for delivery. If not found, either local or on the gateway an error message is returned.

Dynamic Routing

Routing tables are built dynamically and routers share information with other routers using one of the two types of
protocols:

Routing Information Protocol (RIP): A distance vectoring protocol, determines the number of hops needed to
deliver a packet. Stores that information in its routing table.

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF): Creates less broadcast traffic because it only updates information when a
change occurs.

Static Routing

Requires routing tables to be built manually. Static routers are secretive, do not share routes or any other information.

Name Resolution
Name resolution is the method of resolving a computer name to its IP address.
The computer can have two names: a NetBIOS name and a Host name.
NetBIOS name - Microsoft's naming system implemented with LAN Manager, Windows and Windows NT.
Host name - an older naming system primarily used with UNIX systems.

There are several files that are used to perform name resolution. These files are searched in different orders depending
on which type of name resolution you are performing. In a Windows environment the search order is as follows:

NetBIOS Name Resolution

NetBIOS Name Resolution Order

Local NetBIOS name (C)ache

(W)INS Server
(B)-node Broadcast
(L)MHOSTS file
(H)OSTS file
(D)NS Server

Mnemonic: Can We Buy Large Hard Drives

The search order can be changed by redefining what type of resolution node your system will use.

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Local NetBIOS name cache

The NetBIOS name cache contains every NetBIOS name that was recently associated with an IP address.
This local cache helps reduce network traffic by eliminating the need for broadcasting or WINS queries.

NetBIOS name resolution nodes

Note: regardless of which node the computer is using, the computer will always check the local NetBIOS name cache
first, and the LMHOSTS file last.

h-node Hybrid node. The computer will first query the WINS Server for the mapping, then if not successful,
will use (up to) 3 b-node broadcasts. By inserting the IP address of the WINS Server in the
computer's network properties, it defaults to H-node.
m-node Mixed node. The computer will first use (up to) 3 b-node broadcasts, then if not successful, will
query the WINS Server.
p-node Point-to-point (aka Peer-to-peer). The computer will only query the WINS Server.
b-node Broadcast. The computer will send out a broadcast to all computers on its local network to have the
computer with the requested name send back a confirmation with its IP address. B-node is the default
node method for non-WINS clients.

You can alter which node your system uses by making the necessary changes in the DHCP Server.

LMHOSTS File

The LMHOSTS file, originally used with MS-LAN Manager, contains a list of NetBIOS name to IP address
mappings. It is a regular text file and is located in the %Systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc directory.

Example:

192.141.101.1 Server1 #PRE #DOM:CENTRAL

192.141.120.23 Computer1
192.141.120.12 Computer2

The tags (#) associated with the LMHOSTS file are as follows:

#PRE will cause the entry to be preloaded into the NetBIOS name cache.
#DOM:domain name specifies the domain master browser in another domain. Must be
preceded by the #PRE tag.
#INCLUDE:\\server\share\lmhosts specifies the LMHOSTS file on another computer, and will parse it as if
it were local.
#BEGIN_ALTERNATE precedes multiple #INCLUDE statements.
#END_ALTERNATE succeeds multiple #INCLUDE statements.

Host Name Resolution

UNIX machines use Host names instead of NetBIOS names. A host name is an assigned identifier used to designate
a specific TCP/IP machine. It can have many host names that are the same or different than its NetBIOS name.

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Host Name Resolution Order

(L)ocal host name

(H)OSTS files
(D)NS Server
(W)INS Server
(B)-node Broadcast
(L)MHOSTS

Mnemonic: Large Hard Drives Will Be Likely

HOSTS file

The HOSTS file, originally used with UNIX systems, contains a list of host name to IP address mappings.
It is a regular text file named HOSTS and is located in the %Systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc directory.
The HOSTS file is case sensitive.

Example:

102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server

38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)

ARP resolves IP addresses to hardware addresses. Each network adapter has a unique hardware address
(commonly referred to as a MAC address) which it uses for identification on the network.

TCP/IP communication begins with ARP. ARP resolves IP addressed to the machines network adapter (MAC)
addresses for outgoing packets. Checks its cache for a correct entry. If no entry is found in the cache, broadcasts a
request to the local subnet. ARP will resolve the MAC address to the gateway router address if the packet is not local.

ARP Cache

Already resolved addresses are stored in a part of the computers memory known as the ARP Cache. Entries can be
static (manually entered) or dynamic. Static entries remain in memory until power is turned off. Dynamic entries
remain for two minutes if not accessed and for ten minutes if accessed.

Example:

204.91.242.35 20-53-52-43-00-00 dynamic

206.172.119.90 20-53-52-43-00-00 dynamic
209.1.224.17 10-37-39-17-00-00 dynamic
140.140.102.37 13-55-50-40-00-00 static

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WINS - Windows Internet Naming Services
WINS is a dynamic database located on a Windows NT Server, which stores NetBIOS names to IP address mappings.

WINS replication

WINS operates with a push/pull replication method. WINS databases can be configured as one or the other, or both.

Push The server will send its database changes once the number of changes have met a predetermined value in the
push settings. This could cause traffic at the wrong time of day, and is not recommended over WAN links.

Pull The server will pull database changes from another server at a predetermined time of day, or at regular timely
intervals, as determined in the pull settings. Is recommended for WAN links, as it can be setup to pull changes
after hours or at times of day which traffic is not as heavy.

WINS Proxy

A WINS Proxy is an NT computer, which is not already a WINS Server, that listens for b-node broadcasts from
non-WINS computers. Once a b-node broadcast is detected, it intercepts the broadcast, and checks its local NetBIOS
cache for the requested computer name. If the computer name is not found in the proxy's cache, it forwards the request
to a WINS Server. The WINS Server then returns the mapping for the name, and the WINS Proxy forwards its
findings to the requesting non-WINS computer.

Non-WINS computers can have their NetBIOS name mappings stored in the WINS Servers database by being
manually added. If your network was using LMHOSTS files before adding the WINS Server, you can import it
into the database in the Add Static Mappings option.

DNS - Domain Name Services

Domain Name Services is a hierarchical server database which contains host name to static IP address mappings.
DNS can be used to resolve NetBIOS names, but only when the box is checked to enable DNS for NetBIOS name
resolution in TCP/IP properties of the Network configuration window. Windows NT is able to list up to three DNS
Servers in its network properties.

DNS Server Types

Primary: A DNS Server can be setup to be a zone transfer server. Zone transfer will allow the
DNS Server to query other DNS Servers if it is unable to resolve the request.

Secondary: DNS server: A Secondary DNS server uses Zone Transfers to collect the DNS database
from it's Primary DNS Server.

Caching DNS Server: A Caching DNS Server does not maintain any static DNS records. All of it's records are
created by resolving DNS queries to a Primary or Secondary DNS server. Caching DNS
servers thus add redundancy to the DNS namespace.

Forwarding DNS Server: A forwarding DNS server is used to connect a network to the internet. The forwarding
server
redirects DNS requests to the 7 root servers.

DNS Record Types

Mail Exchange (MX): Identifies the host process mail on the server.
CNAME: A method of DNS aliasing. It is normally used to alias a server as www or ftp.

The NSLOOKUP diagnostic tool allowing users to interact with a DNS Server to display resource records from
the DNS Servers.

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DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DHCP is a server-based administration utility used to automatically assign IP addresses to clients. DHCP clients
communicate with DHCP Servers via BOOTP broadcast messages which can only cross routers if the router is a
RFC1542-compliant router, and has BOOTP forwarding enabled. When a DHCP server receives a request for an IP
address, it selects from a pool of available addresses and offers a lease to the client. If no address exists in the pool,
the client cannot initialize TCP/IP.

Configuration information supplied to DHCP clients by a DHCP server include:

· IP address
· Subnet Mask
· Default gateway address
· Domain Name Server (DNS) address
· NetBIOS Name Server address
DHCP clients automatically attempt to renew their IP address lease after 50% of the lease has expired. It will
broadcast to the DHCP Server for a renewal. If the DHCP Server is not available to renew the IP address, the client
will wait until 87.5% (7/8) of the lease has expired, and send a broadcast to all DHCP Servers for a renewal.

Scopes

Scope options are available for using custom settings. A scope is a range of IP addresses for a subnet.
There are three options for scope settings:

Global - Changes made here affect all scopes available in the DHCP Server.
Scope - Changes made here affect only the highlighted scope.
Client - Changes made here affect only the specified client.

Client Reservations need to be made for DHCP clients that require having a static IP address reserved, so that no
DHCP clients attempt to take that address, such as Domain controllers, member servers, web servers, etc.

In the scope options, options are available to let DHCP automatically update the client with addressing for WINS
Servers, default gateways, etc.

DHCP Relay Agent

BOOTP (DHCP) relies on broadcast. If a broadcast cannot pass a router, then routers must act as a BOOTP (DHCP)
relay agent. On NT Server, this is enabled as a service through control panel, network. If routers do not support
BOOTP relay, you need a DHCP Server on each subnet.

When a client is initialized for the first time after it is configured to receive DHCP information, it initiates a
conversation with the server.

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============ THE FOLLOWING PAGE IS FROM THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE ===========

The detailed conversation between DHCP client and DHCP server is as follows:

DHCPDISCOVER

The client sends a DHCPDISCOVER packet. In the IP section, you can see the Destination address and the Source
address. The DHCP section identifies the packet as a Discover packet and identifies the client in two places using the
physical address of the network card. Note the values in the CHADDR field and the DHCP: Client Identifier field are
identical.

DHCPOFFER

The DHCP server responds by sending a DHCPOFFER packet. In the IP section, the Source address is now the DHCP
server IP address, and the Destination address is the broadcast address. The DHCP section identifies the packet as an
Offer. The YIADDR field is populated with the IP address the server is offering the client. Note the CHADDR field
still contains the physical address of the requesting client. Also, we see in the DHCP Option Field section the various
options being sent by the server along with the IP address. The server is sending the Subnet Mask, Default Gateway
(Router), Lease Time, WINS server address (NetBIOS Name Service), and the NetBIOS Node Type.

DHCPREQUEST

The client responds to the DHCPOFFER by sending a DHCPREQUEST. In the IP section you can see the Source
address of the client and the Destination for the packet. If the client hasn't received verification from the server that it's
okay to start using the address offered, the client retains 0.0.0.0. The Destination is still broadcast, because more than
one DHCP server may have responded and may be holding a reservation for an Offer made to the client. This lets
those other DHCP servers know they can release their offered addresses and return them to their available pools. The
DHCP section identifies the packet as a Request and verifies the offered address using the DHCP: Requested Address
field. The DHCP: Server Identifier field shows the IP address of the DHCP server offering the lease.

DHCPACK

The DHCP server responds to the DHCPREQUEST with a DHCPACK, thus completing the initialization cycle. The
Source address is the DHCP server IP address, and the Destination address is still 255.255.255.255. The YIADDR
field contains the client's address, and the CHADDR and DHCP: Client Identifier fields are the physical address of the
network card in the requesting client. The DHCP Option section identifies the packet as an ACK.

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DNS vs. WINS vs. DHCP
DNS and WINS are really for doing two different things. But, each has been co-opted to assist the other in some cases
and as a last resort. Domain Naming System (DNS) servers, resolve Domain Naming System names (host names) to
IP addresses.

Windows Internet Naming Services (WINS) servers resolve NetBIOS names to IP addresses. The NetBIOS protocols
require that NetBIOS nodes 'defend' their name from other machines attempting to use the same name.

Likewise, a ”HOSTS” file resolves DNS names to IP addresses while an ”LMHOSTS” file resolves NetBIOS names to
IP addresses. So you can see the DNS server maps to the HOSTS file, and the WINS server maps to the LMHOSTS
file.

The order of use of these name resolutions is dependent on various host options, check boxes, and the assigned node
types. But in general, if a DNS name cannot be resolved to an IP address, then the WINS method will be used as a
back-up resolution method. Conversely, the DNS Server can be selected, or on some OS versions defaults, to backing
up the WINS/LMHOSTS resolution for NetBIOS names. The exact order of each separate method is dependent on
which NetBIOS node types you are using as well.

The most important advantage of using WINS name resolutions is that WINS is integrated with DHCP. DHCP 'leases'
IP addresses to stations when they are initializing their TCP/IP software. This leasing means that stations do not have
to know or configure their own IP addresses locally; these addresses can be centrally administered on the DHCP
server, and the software will correctly configure the address and other parameters at boot time.

DHCP communicates dynamic assignments to the WINS server, thus making these dynamically assigned addresses
resolvable. DNS is largely a fixed, static database. Now with the integration of WINS and DNS, even the DNS clients
can participate in this name resolution scheme. DHCP will offer addresses to WINS, which is supporting the DNS
server, which means that addresses can be dynamically allocated and resolved with both methods.

SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol

SNMP is a management tool used to monitor and control remote network devices. It can be used to poll specific
information from the agent. SNMP must be installed on a Windows NT computer to enable Performance Monitor
to monitor TCP/IP activity to and from your computer.

An SNMP community is a functional group of SNMP agents and managers. Agents receive requests and report
information to the SNMP managers for the communities the agents belongs to. An SNMP trap is an alert, that
under predefined conditions or thresholds, the SNMP agent sends to the SNMP manager.

SNMP Security

SNMP Agents allow you to set a couple of parameters that are very helpful in managing you system security.

Send Authentication Trap sends a message to the trap destinations if it receives a request with an
incorrect community name.

Only Accept SNMP packets from these hosts allows agent to accept only packets from defined hosts. Defined hosts
are known by either their IP or IPX addresses or by their host name.

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Commands & Utilities
You need to know what all of these commands and utilities are used for.

NBTSTAT: Displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP connections using NetBIOS. It is also used
to display NetBIOS name cache.

NETSTAT: Displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP network connections. Netstat shows statistics
since the server was booted.

ARP: Used to display and edit the ARP cache. It is used to resolve IP addresses to hardware
addresses.

TRACERT: Is used to determine what route a packet takes to get from the source to the destination.

ROUTE: Used to display and edit static routing tables.

IPCONFIG Quickly displays Windows IP configuration settings.

LPQ: Displays status of a remote LPD print queue.

LPR Sends a print job to a remote print queue.

LPD Is the remote print queue It takes the print jobs and send it to the printer.
Authentication is available.

Performance Monitor: Monitors network and computer statistics. It is able to log the data and export it for
spreadsheet usage.

Network Monitor: Monitors network activity and is able to capture and look at packets of data sent over the
network.

Jetpack.exe: Used to compact the DHCP database when database size exceeds 30MB.

FTP - File Transfer Protocol

FTP is used to transfer files from a computer to a server, or vice versa. FTP is a fast, error-free method of
communication.

Passwords are always sent to the FTP server unencrypted. To prevent disclosure of passwords, check the box ”Allow
Anonymous connections only” in the FTP Service properties box within the network properties window. ”Allow
Anonymous Connections” must first be enabled, by checking its box, before being able to ”Allow Anonymous
connections only”. Default anonymous user names are ”Anonymous” and ”ftp”.

Telnet

Telnet is a protocol for the remote terminal emulation. (VT100-, VT54- or TTY-emulation)

Telnet uses the services of the TCP/IP protocol. All commands are executed by the Telnet-Server, not the client.
To use Telnet the Telnet-server (daemon) needs configuration.

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Summery

ICMP: ICMP doesn't try to change IP to a reliable protocol. It just tries to report errors and
reregistration referring specific conditions.

IGMP: IGMP informs the router that hosts of a specific multicast groups in a specific network are available.

IP:

TCP:

UDP:

WINS:

DNS:

DHCP:

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IP Addressing Fundamentals
A host is a computer or device on a TCP/IP network. Every TCP/IP host is uniquely identified by its IP address. An
IP address consists of a network ID and a host ID. If two different hosts belong to the same network, they have the
same network ID. The two hosts will have different host ID's and can communicate with each other locally without
going through a router. If two hosts have different network ID's, they belong to different segments on the network.
They must communicate with each other remotely through a router or default gateway.

An IP address consists of 32 binary bits, where each bit is either a 0 or 1. We first write the 32 bits into four 8-bit
numbers (octets) separated by a periods.

For Example: 11000001 . 00001010 . 00011110 . 00000010 (IP address in binary form)

To convert the IP address from binary to decimal form, we convert each of the four 8-bit numbers according to the
following table:

Decimal Value 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1

Octet Value X x x x x x x x

So the first octet in the above binary number would be translated as:

Decimal Value 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1

Octet Value 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

Everywhere a 1 appears in table, the decimal value in that column is added to determine the decimal value of the
entire octet.
or 128 + 64 + 1 = 193

Using the same table to translate the other three octets would give us the following result.

00001010 = 8 + 2 = 10
00011110 = 16 + 8 + 4 + 2 = 30
00000010 = 2

So in decimal form, the above IP address is: 193 . 10 . 30 . 2

An IP address consists of two parts, one identifying the network and one identifying the host.
The Class of the address determines which part is the network address and which part is the host address.

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Address Classes

There are 5 different address classes. Classes can be distinguished by decimal notation of the very first octet.
The following Address Class table illustrates how you can determine to which class and address belongs.

CLASS FIRST NETWORK ID DEFAULT AVAILABILITY

OCTET SUBNET MASK
A 1-126 First Octet 255.0.0.0 AVAILABLE
B 128-191 First 2 Octets 255.255.0.0 AVAILABLE
C 192-223 First 3 Octets 255.255.255.0 AVAILABLE
D 224-239 RESERVED FOR
N/A N/A MULTICASTING
E 240-255 N/A N/A RESERVED

Note: 127 is reserved for loopback (127.0.0.1) and is used for internal testing on the local machine.

Using this table we can see the IP address in our above example is a Class C address. We can also see which part of
that IP address is the Network ID and which is the Host ID.

Network ID: (First 3 Octets) = 193.10.30

Host ID: (However many Octets are left) = 2

Whenever you want to refer to your entire network with an IP address, the host section is set to all 0's
(binary=00000000) =0. For example 193.10.30.0 specifies the network for the above address. When the host section is
set to all 1’s (binary=11111111) =255, it specifies a broadcast that is sent to all hosts on a network. 193.10.30.255
specifies a broadcast address for our example IP address.

Subnetting
Subnet masks seem to bring the most problems to those preparing for the TCP/IP exam. Unfortunately,
subnetting is a vital concept in TCP/IP network planning and is therefore tested heavily.

Subnetting is the process used to divide the total available IP addressed (hosts) for your Network into smaller
subnetworks (subnets). For example, say we had the Network ID we used in the discussion above (193.10.30.0). This
network would consist of 256 possible IP addresses (193.10.30.0 - 193.10.30.255). We know this because in a Class C
address, only the last octet is available for host IDs (0000000 - 11111111) or (0-255). Since 0 is used to identify the
whole network and 255 is reserved for broadcasts, that leaves us with 254 possible hosts (193.10.30.1 -
193.10.30.254).

Now lets say we wanted to divide those 254 addresses up into 6 smaller subnets. We can do this by using what is
referred to as a Subnet Mask. By looking at the above table we can see Class C addresses all have a default subnet
mask of 255.255.255.0. Since the last octet of the subnet mask is 0, it means that the host IDs have not been subdivide
into smaller subnets. However, if we choose to divide our network into a few smaller segments (subnets), then we
would change the default subnet mask by replacing the last octet with one of the 7 valid subnet masks. The following
table lists the valid subnet masks and their effect on the different types of IP address classes.

Subnet Max Block Number of A Number of B Number of C

Mask Subnets Size IP Addresses IP Addresses IP Addresses
192 2 64 4,194,302 16382 62
224 6 32 2,097,150 8190 30
240 14 16 1,048,574 4094 14
248 30 8 524,286 2046 6
252 62 4 262,142 1022 2
254 126 2 131,070 510 0
255 254 1 65534 254 0

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In our example we wanted to divide our network into 6 subnets. By looking at the above table we can see that the
subnet mask for dividing a network into a Maximum of 6 subnets is 224. So we need to change our subnet mask from
the default of 255.255.255.0 to 255.255.255.224.

By again referring to the above table we can now see that with 6 subnets we have 30 IP addresses we can use for each
subnet. But there is a slight problem: 6 * 30 = 180. What happened to the other 74 IP addresses (254-180)?
The bad news is that the ability to subdivide your network comes with a price. You always lose IP addresses when you
subnet. The reason is to complicated to try and explain here. Just take our word for it, it happens.

We now know that we have 180 host IP addresses we can use in our 6 subnets. But, which IP addresses do you use in
which subnet? That’s where the next table comes into play. The following table will tell you which addresses you can
use in each subnet.

BLOCK BLOCK BLOCK

SIZE 64 SIZE 32 SIZE 16
0-63 0-31 0-15
64-127 32-63 16-31
128-191 64-95 32-47
192-255 96-127 48-63
128-159 64-79
160-191 80-95
192-223 96-111
224-255 112-127
128-143
144-159
160-175
176-191
192-207
208-223
224-239
240-255

In order to read this table we must refer back to the previous table where we obtained our subnet mask. There is a
column labeled Block Size. We see that the block size for a subnet mask of 224 is 32. If we now look at this table we
can see a list of 8 IP address ranges. In all cases of subnetting, the first and last range cannot be used. These are some
of the addresses we lose due to subnetting. That leaves us with the 6 ranges of addresses in that column we can use,
one for each of our 6 subnets. But, notice that each range has 32 addresses, not the 30, the subnet mask table told use
would be in each subnet. That is because the first and last addresses in each range is invalid (again, to complicated to
explain). This leaves you with the 30 addresses per range and 6 ranges. Our new host addresses can now range from
193.10.30.33 to 193.10.30.222, depending of course which subnet they are on.

That’s subnetting! In order to do well on this part of the TCP/IP Exam, you should memorize the 3 of the above tables
and be able to reproduce them when you enter the testing room. Before you even start answering question on the test,
you should write these tables down on the paper provided so you can refer to them during the exam.

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Building IP Tables

Address Class Table

The Address Class table should be easy enough to remember. All you really need to know for the exam is the first
three classes (A, B, and C).

Subnet Mask Table

Here is an easy way to memorize the Subnet Mask table:

1. Draw a blank table with 6 columns and 7 rows.

2. Start by memorizing row 7. Now enter it on the table. (255,254,1,65534,254,0)

3. Now memorize these 6 formulas (COL 1 - COL 3), (Half - 1), (Double), (Double +2), (Double +2), (COL 3 -
2) and write them below each of the columns of your table.

Your tables should look like this:

255 254 1 65534 254 0

COL1 - COL3 Half - 1 DOUBLE DOUBLE +2 DOUBLE +2 COL3 - 2

4. Now calculate Column 3 by performing the operation (formula) below it. In other words you double the
current row value and enter it in the next row up in the same column.

Your table should now look like this:

64
32
16
8
4
2
255 254 1 65534 254 0

COL1 - COL3 Half - 1 DOUBLE DOUBLE +2 DOUBLE +2 COL3 - 2

5. Now start with Column 1 and follow the formula below it. Fill in the rest of the column. ”COL” in the
formula
refers to the row below it. For example; the next row up in Column 1 would be equal to 254 (255 -1).
The next row up in Column 2 would be 126 (Half of 254 -1).

That is it. All you have to memorize is the last row and the formulas beneath the columns in order to figure out the
rest of the table. Of course you have to remember the name of each column, but that shouldn’t be too hard.

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Valid Address Table

This table is not very hard to reconstruct from memory:

1. Draw a blank table with 3 columns and 16 rows. This table could be expanded to the 7 columns to account
for all the block sizes shown in the Subnet Mask table, but you will not need them for the exam.

2. Write the following block sizes above the columns (64, 32 & 16).

3. Memorize the first row. Enter it into the table: (0-63, 0-31, 0-15).

Your table should look like this:

64 32 16
0-63 0-31 0-15

4. Memorize the following formula: (Next Number thru Next Number + Block Size -1)

5. Now start at the first column and apply the formula to each row as you go down the column:

For Example the second row down in column 1 would be, ”64-127”
(Next Number thru Next Number + Block Size-1) = (64 thru 64+(64-1)).

When you think you understand the first 12 pages of material in the study Guide… then try to
answer the sample questions on the next page. If you miss any then go back and restudy the
material until you know why.

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SAMPLE IP ADDRESSING QUESTIONS

You will need to use the tables on the previous pages to answer these questions. The answers are
on the very last page of the study guide.

1. What address class does the IP address 140.140.111.45 belong to?

2. Convert the binary IP address 11010001.10101010.00001111.10011111 into

decimal format?

3. What is the host ID for the IP address 121.100.57.100?

4. What is the default subnet mask for IP address 205.11.5.127?

5. If your computer has IP address 137.10.200.5 and your subnet mask is

255.255.252.0,
what is the number of hosts your subnetwork can have?

6. Same as question 5, except you want to change you subnet mask to 255.255.248.0.
But you need at least 50 subnets. Will this work?

7. Your IP address is 206.111.34.14 and your subnet mask is 255.255.255.240.

Is your IP address a valid address?

8. Your network ID is 100.0.0.0. You want to divide it into 5 subnets. What subnet
make would you use? (Give full subnet mask address: for example
www.xxx.yyy.zzz)

9. You have 2 hosts with the following IP addresses: 125.19.57.23 and

125.30.100.47. You are using subnet mask 255.240.0.0. Are they on the same
subnet?

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 QUESTIONS
EXAM 70-59

1: What utility can you use to view who is currently connected via TCP/IP to your Workstation?

A: netstat

2: What is the utility used to view what configuration changes a DHCP Server made to your workstation
Configuration?

A: ipconfig/all

3: What is the utility command used to purge the contents of the arp cache?

A: arp -d

4: What is the utility used to monitor Ethernet traffic and the TCP/IP statistics on your workstation?

A: netstat -e -s

5: You install TCP/IP on all of your Windows based computers. The computers are located on various subnets
throughout the company. Each subnet contains a domain controller. You want the computers to be able to
both browse other computers and to perform peer-to-peer connections. Also you want to automatically both
register and resolve computer names by using centralized database. What would you do?

A: Install WINS

6: You divide your TCP/IP network into 4 subnets that are configured as a single domain. 1 subnet contains a
PDC and 3 BDCs. You want the browse list for entire network to be automatically updated on all subnets.
How would you do this?

A: Install WINS

7: What utility would you use to construct a capacity planning document on all statistical data you collect?

A: Performance Monitor

8: Three UNIX machines are to be stored in the WINS Database manually.

What type entry will you make in the WINS configuration panel?

A: Static Unique Entry

9: What utility do you use to see the IP address-to-MAC address name resolutions on your workstation?

A: ARP

10: You are configuring the DHCP relay agent on a NT server computer. Which information must you supply?

A: IP address of the DHCP server

11: You are at a NT Workstation computer and you want to use performance monitor to collect statistics for
all TCP/IP traffic on a NT Server on the network. How would you do it?

A: Install the SNMP service on each server

12: You want to allow all users to browse all computers on all subnet of your Windows NT network. What
should you do?

A: Install a WINS server and configure all computers as WINS clients.

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13: The NT Server in your office is connected via RAS connectivity to the Internet ISP Server through an
ISDN connection. Now you want the Windows 95 workstation users in your internal subnet to get
connected to the ISP.
How will you do that?

A: Configure PPTP

14: You want the UNIX workstations to print jobs to a print device connected to a NT print server.
How would you configure this?

A: Install TCP/IP print service and share the printer.

15: You want your Windows based machines to print at a UNIX printing device connected to a NT Print
Server.
How will you redirect the jobs to this printer?

A: Use LPR command

16: Your computer on Subnet A can't connect to a NT Server computer on Subnet B by running the command
net use f:\\factory.bytecomp.com\data. When other client computers on Subnet A run this command, they
connect.
You can ping the server by IP address. What is most likely cause of this problem?

A: Your computer is not configured with an IP address for a DNS server

17: You want to view the print jobs that are sent to a UNIX printer from a Windows based workstation.
Which utility would you use?

A: LPQ

18: Plan to divide TCP/IP network into 7 subnets. All NT Server computers will be located on 1 subnet. All
workstation computers will be distributed across the other 6 subnets. You want all workstations to be able
to both browse and connect to all servers. What service to use?

A: WINS

19: How is a mail server identified in the hosts file?

A: MX

20: You don't want to get trap messages from unauthorized SNMP Hosts.
How will you configure the SNMP agent at the workstation?

A: "Community Name" and "Only Accept SNMP packages from these Hosts".

21: When you ftp to a host name using the UNC you get a "Bad IP address" message. What could be the
possible reason?

A: Bad Hosts file

22: You can ping the remote host using the IP address but cannot access through net use \\....\... Why?

A: Entry not in WINS database or LMHOSTS file

23: You want a WINS Client Workstation in Subnet A to browse and communicate with the another
workstation in Subnet B. But it can't, even though the other subnet has their own WINS Server installed.
What could you do?

A: Setup WINS Replication between the 2 subnets.

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24: You have Subnet A, Subnet B and Subnet C. The Workstations in Subnet A and B use the WINS Server in
Subnet A. The Workstations in Subnet C use their own. What would you configure to allow the users of
Subnet C and B to browse each other?

A: WINS Replication

25: You have a HOSTS file with the following entries:

157.21.36.121 UNIX Product

157.51.25.110 Product developer

When you enter "ftp product" you get attached to the ftp server ”product”. But when you enter
"ftp 157.51.25.110" you can't access it. Why?

A: Invalid FTP Server ID.

26: A NT Server computer named ACCTG resides on a remote subnet. You can't ping ACCTG by using its IP
address. You can both ping your default gateway address and ping the addresses of other computers on the
remote subnet. Why? (Choose 2)

A: ACCTG is configured with an invalid subnet mask

ACCTG is configured with an invalid default gateway address

27: Using NT Explorer, a user at a NT Workstation can't connect to any server on the same subnet. From his
workstation, the user can ping the IP address of his workstation, but can't ping IP address of any other
computer. What is the problem?

A: Workstation is configured with an invalid subnet mask

28: You want to log on to a Domain Controller which is in another domain. What entries do you require at
your Workstation's LMHOSTS file for the PDCs and BDCs?

A: #PRE #DOM

29: Why would a workstation not make a broadcast even when it can't resolve through other methods?

A: Set up to use P-NODE name resolution

30: Your network has 6 subnets with a PDC in one subnet and a BDC in each of the other subnets. How would
you ensure a BDC can authenticate user accounts when the PDC fails?

A: Add the IP addresses and the #PRE identifier to the LMHOSTS files in all Domain Controllers.

31: When using the DNS service, what file can resolve root domain name?

A: cache.dns

32: When you want to use RAS to access your company LAN through the Internet what can you use to secure
your access?

A: PPTP filtering

33: Name 2 utilities that will give you a summary of cumulative IP and Ethernet statistics on a Windows NT4.0
server since last boot up.

A: Network Monitor
Netstat

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34: You have the following bad LMHOSTS file. What would you do to correct it?

131.107.3.4 #MainServer #PRE

131.107.4.1 #Router1
131.107.54.38 #Server1

A: Remove the first # from each line.

35: You are able to connect to an FTP server by using its IP address, 202.12.127.7, but not its domain name,
”development”. The HOSTS file reads:

131.107.3.200 server1 # Main server

131.107.5.5 sales department # Sales and marketing
111.36.254.134 UNIX development # UNIX department
202.12.127.7 development # Programming

Why can’t you connect to the FTP server with the domain name, ”development”?

A: The problem lies in the fact that ”development” is resolved on the third line of the file, and not the fourth. You
need to remember that multiple host names can be on a line, and where the first instance of the host name is found
in HOSTS file, that is where the IP address will be resolved.

36: In which case will arp -a display more than one ARP cache?

A: When the host has more than one network adapter

37: From a workstation, you use NT Explorer and specify the UNC path of a server to connect.
When you try to use FTP to the IP address, you fail to connect. What is problem?

A: Don't have permissions to FTP server directory

38: You attempt to connect to NT Server by running ftp factory.bytecomp.com, you receive message "Bad IP
Address." However, you can ping IP address of the server. What is wrong? (choose 2)

A: Your computer is configured with an invalid IP address for a DNS server.

There's no entry on DNS server for factory.bytecomp.com

39: You are configuring a NT server to be used as both a FTP server and a WWW server. It is desired to be
able to connect to the server as either "ftp.acme.com" or "www.acme.com". What type of entry is required
in the DNS database to facilitate this?

A: A CNAME record.

40: You want to collect TCP/IP protocol statistics at a Windows NT Server and you want to save the statistics
to a log files for later analysis. You also want to export the statistics for use in a spreadsheet. Which utility
should you use?

A: Performance Monitor

41: You are unable to access a Windows NT Server on a remote subnet from your workstation. Everyone else
on your subnet is able to access the remote NT Server. Network Monitor shows that every time you try to
connect to the remote server, your workstation broadcasts an ARP request for the IP address of the remote
Windows NT Server computer.
What is wrong?

A: Your subnet mask is invalid.

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42: Your Company is assigned 1 class B address. The Company is divided into 30 subnets. You plan to add 25
new subnets. Each subnet has 600 hosts. Which subnet mask would you use?

A: 255.255.252.0

43: Your Company has 1 class C network address and 3 subnets. You plan to add 2 more subnets.
Each subnet has 25 host IDs. What subnet mask would you use?

A: 255.255.255.224

44: What utility would you use to identify the path that a packet takes through all routers?

A: tracert

45: You have 1 DNS server for use on your network. For redundancy, you install a backup DNS server. How
would you configure the backup DNS server?

A: As a secondary server

46: A Windows NT Workstation computer resides on a WINS-enabled network. In which order will the
computer perform name resolution if the computer is configured to use an LMHOSTS file?

A: Local cache
WINS server
broadcasting
LMHOSTS

47: You are preparing to install and configure a DHCP server. Which task must you complete?

A: Manually assign a valid IP address to the server

48: You need to setup an Intranet web server. The users should be able to access the Web server using the
server's hostname. What is needed for efficient name resolution?

A: DNS

49: You are setting up browsing for your company's wide area network. An important consideration is
performance over your 56kb link. How should WINS server replication be configured between 2 WINS
servers across the 56kb link?

A: Configure both as Pull partners to replicate an night every 24 hours and configure both as Push partners to
propagate
after 50000 changes

50: Sam can ping all computers by IP address or NetBIOS name on a remote network except for a NT Server
called Corp. Why cant he ping Corp?

A: Corp’s IP configuration is incorrect.

51: You want to analyze and decode TCP/IP packets that are received by your NT Server computer.
What would you use?

A: Network monitor

52: What would you do to find out which computers send the most traffic to each NT server computer on the
network?

A: Use network monitor on each server

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53: What utility would you use to view a list of all NetBIOS names currently located on a NT Server
computer?

A: NBTstat

54: You are defining the lease duration for a DHCP scope. When would short leases for DHCP clients be
appropriate?

A: When the number of possible IP hosts is close to number of available IP addresses.

55: What node type do you setup your client computer to use if you want it to use WINS for name resolution
before
it broadcasts a request?

A: h-node

56: You have an IIS Server with the hostname hq.company.com. You want users to be able to access the server
as www.hq.company.com. Which resource record type must you add to the DNS server to allow this?

A: CNAME

57: Working at a Windows NT Server computer, you want to view a chart of TCP/IP protocol statistics for that
server. Which utility should you use?

A: Performance monitor

58: Working at a Windows NT Server computer, you want to view TCP/IP protocol statistics that are
cumulative from the last time that this server was started. Which utility should you use?

A: netstat.exe

59: You have a domain spanning across three subnets. You want the clients in all the 3 subnets to be able to
communicate and browse each other. How will you do that?

A: Install a WINS server

60: Your network includes a DHCP server and client computers located on separate networks that are
connected
by a router.
What should you configure the router to do?

A: Function as a BOOTP (RFC 1542) relay agent

61: You have two DNS servers installed on a network. How can you configure a third DNS Server to support
the load balancing of the Primary Server and without participating in Zone Transfer Traffic?

A: Set it up as a caching-only server

62: How do you configured a third DNS Server to function as a Backup server in an environment where there
are already two DNS Servers acting as Primary and Secondary?

A: Set it up as a caching-only server

63: You want to configure a multihomed NT server computer as a static TCP/IP router. How? (2 steps)

A: Enable IP forwarding
Configure each network adapter with an IP address and ensure each IP address is from a different subnet mask.

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64: Your network consists of multiple domains. You divide your network into 7 subnets. You want all Windows
based computers to be able to browse all domains. Which entries do you need in LMHOSTS file on each
Win-based computer? (Choose 2)

A: 1 for each domain controller in that computer’s domain

1 for each PDC in each of the other domains

65: You install TCP/IP on 5 multihomed NT Server computers. You maintain these servers to route TCP/IP
packets. You want to configure routing tables on these servers with minimal administrative effort.
What do you do?

A: Install RIP for IP

66: You have just installed the DNS service on a Windows NT Server computer. You need all email to be
delivered to youcompanydomain.com. Which DNS resource record allows you to do that?

A: MX

67: What needs to be installed on your Windows NT server router in order to dynamically update the routing
tables?

A: RIP for IP

68: What is the proper format for the command to add an IP address to the routing table?

A: route add {destination address} mask {subnet mask} {default gateway}).

69: You have a domain spanning across three subnets. You want the clients in all the 3 subnets to be able to
communicate and browse each other. You decide to install a NT Server between the subnets.

Required Result: NT Server should be made to act as a router.

Optional Result: The same server will dynamically update its routing table whenever routers
are added and removed from the network. That server must be able to supply
IP address to all the machines belonging to the three subnets.

Proposed Solution: Configure the Server to act as router. Enable IP Forwarding.

Implement DHCP on the NT Server. Configure RIP for IP.

A: Meets the required and optional results

70: You have two WINS servers on two separate subnets connected by a fast link. Hosts on subnet A can't
connect with hosts on subnet B using NetBIOS names and Hosts on subnet B can't connect with hosts on
subnet A using NetBIOS names. What is the best way to enable all hosts on either subnet to connect with
hosts on the other subnet using NetBIOS names?

A: Configure two WINS servers as replication partners. Set both as push-pull partners.

71: You have been allocated a TCP/IP address where the first three bits of the first octet are 110 in binary. No
subnetting of the network is required. What is the maximum number of hosts that can be accommodated on
this network?

A: 254 (128+64+0 = 192 = Class C)

72: What utility would you use to remotely run a program that's on a UNIX computer.

A: Telnet

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73: You install a RAS server that is connected to an ISP via ISDN. Users of Windows 95 computers on your
internal network will use the RAS server to access the internet.
How should the default gateway address be configured?

A: So that the default gateway address on each Win95 computer specifies the IP address of the RAS server's
network interface.

74: You have two WINS servers on two subnets in separate cities connected by a fast link. Washington has 30
NT servers and 1,500 hosts. Baltimore has 10 servers and 100hosts.

Required result: You need to set up replication between the two servers.

Optional results: You also want the replication to take place at least once a day.
Washington’s WIN database should be replicated to Baltimore’s WIN server.
Baltimore’s WIN database should be replicated to Washington’s WIN server.

Solution: Configure Washington to push it’s WINS server database to Baltimore every
25 updates.
Configure Baltimore to pull Washington’s WINS database every 24 hours.

Which results does the proposed solution produce?

A: The proposed solution produces does not meet required result. (Baltimore database never gets replicated to
Washington)

75: You get a message "Bad IP Address" when you try to access the web address
http:\\www.headquarters.com. You are not having problems accessing any other remote servers by name.
What are the most likely cause(s) of the problem?

A: There is a incorrect IP address for http:\\www.headquarters.com in the DNS.

76: You have just installed a UNIX computer on a WINS enabled network.
To allow WINS clients to access the UNIX computer, you need to:

A: Create a static IP address for the UNIX computer in the WINS database.

77: Which utility allows you to purge NetBIOS names in the cache on a Windows NT computer?

A: NBTstat –R

78: Sam uses DHCP to assign IP addresses to all client computers on his network. He sets up the DHCP server
to assign the IP address of the WINS server to all client computers.
What else should he do in order to allow client computers to use WINS?

A: In DHCP Manager, specify ”NetBIOS resolution mode”.

79: You have several subnets on a TCP/IP network. You need to connect to a FTP server. You can ftp to the
server's hostname, but not to its IP address. What's is the most likely problem?

A: The server's default gateway address is incorrect.

80: You install the SNMP service on a NT server computer. You want to prevent this server from being
managed by unauthorized SNMP management stations.

A: Configure the server to ”Only accept SNMP packets from these hosts” option.

81: You want the SNMP service on a NT server computer to send trap messages to an SNMP management
station. Which information must you supply when configuring SNMP? (Choose 2)

A: IP address of SNMP management station

A community name defined on the SNMP management station

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82: You are working at UNIX computer and you want to view TCP/IP protocol statistics for a NT Server.
Both computers are on same TCP/IP network. What would you use?

A: On UNIX computer - SNMP management software

On server - enable SNMP service

83: You have two WINS servers on two subnets in separate cities connected by a fast link. Washington has 30
NT servers and 1,500 hosts. Baltimore has 10 servers and 100 hosts.

Required result: You need to set up replication between the two servers.

Optional results: You also want the replication to take place at least once a day.

Washington’s WIN database should be replicated to Baltimore’s WIN server.

Baltimore’s WIN database should be replicated to Washington’s WIN server.

Solution: Configure Washington to push it’s WINS server database to Baltimore every
25 updates.
Configure Baltimore to pull Washington’s WINS database every 24 hours.
Configure Baltimore to push it’s WINS server database to Washington every
25 updates.
Configure Washington to pull Baltimore’s WINS database every 24 hours.

Which results does the proposed solution produce?

A: The proposed solution produces the required result and all of the optional desired results.

84: You import a LMHOSTS file and use it to configure static mapping on a WINS server. The file contains
the following entry: 137.107.4.200 DOMCTRL #DOM:CENTRAL. Which static NetBIOS mapping would
appear in the WINS database?

A: An internet group for the central domain

85: How many bits are available for the host ID's in a class A address that has no subnets?

A: 24

86: You have been assigned a registered class C network address of 193.43.9.0. Six subnets are required. You
want to use the same subnet mask for each router's local interface. Which subnet mask should you use to
maximize the number of available nodes at each site?

A: 255.255.255.224

87: You are defining a DHCP scope and you have just finished entering the necessary parameters. What
should you do to allow DHCP clients to participate in the new scope?

A: Activate the scope

88: You are using WINS Manager to configure a WINS server.

Which parameter or parameters can be entered?

A: a DNS server name

89: Your network consists of 3 subnets. 2 of the subnets contain only NT Workstations. The 3rd subnet
contains only laptop computers running Windows95. You use a DHCP server to support all client
computers. When any laptop hasn't connected to the network in 7 days, you want IP address assigned to
that laptop to be made available to other laptop computers. When any workstation hasn't connected to the
network in 30 days, you want the IP address assigned to that workstation to be made available to other
workstations. How would you do it?

A: Create 1 DHCP scope for each subnet and specify the lease period as part of the scope's configuration.
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90: You use DHCP to assign IP addresses to 3 NT Server computers. You want each server to be assigned the
same unique IP address each time the server is started. Which information must you supply when you add
the client reservation for each of the servers? (Choose 2)

A: IP address
Hardware address (MAC)

91: Your network consists of 3 subnets. You want to implement DHCP on the network. You plan to install a
DHCP server on 1 subnet. All computers on all subnets will obtain IP configuration settings from this
DHCP server. Which are the 2 possible locations for the DHCP relay agents? (Choose 2)

A: On each subnet that does not contain the DHCP server.

On the routers between the subnets

92: You have laptop computers that run Windows 95. Users move laptops from 1 subnet to another. There's 1
WINS server on each subnet. When any laptop is connected to any other subnet, you want to automatically
assign the IP address for the WINS server on that subnet to the laptop computer. Which service do you
implement?

A: DHCP

93: You divide your network into 7 subnets. You plan to use DHCP to assign IP addresses. You want to specify
the IP address of your company's 2 DNS servers on each client computer regardless of which subnet the
client is located on. How should you configure DHCP?

A: By creating a global option

94: Your network consists of 3 subnets and you want to implement WINS. You plan to install a WINS server
on 1 of the subnets. You want all computers on each subnet to register their computer names with the
WINS server. What do you need to do?

A: Configure each Windows-based computer with address of WINS server.

95: You want to manually add an entry to WINS database for a workstation computer that has 3 network
adapters. This computer is not configured to use WINS. What type of entry must you add?

A: Multihomed

96: Your company has been assigned network ID of 217.170.250.0. You need to divide your network into 9
subnets. What subnet mask would you use?

A: 255.255.255.240

97: How many host IDs must you allow for when you define the subnet mask for a network? (choose 2)

A: 1 for each router interface

1 for each network adapter that's installed on each host

98: Your TCP/IP network consists of 5 NT servers, 20 UNIX computers and 300 NT workstations. All NT
computers are configured as both DHCP and WINS clients. You install DNS on 1 of the server computers.
You configure all UNIX computers to use this DNS server for host name resolution. You want to manage
host name resolution with minimal administrative effort. What would you do?

A: Enable WINS resolution on the DNS server

99: You want to add an entry for the PDC from the CORP domain into the LMHOSTS file. The PDC is named
acctg and the IP address is 142.170.16.200. Which entry do you add?

A: 142.170.16.200 acctg #pre #dom:corp

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100: Your network consists of 4 subnets. One contains the PDC. The other 3 have a BDC. Each BDC acts as a
master browser for its own subnet. You don't use WINS. You want to ensure each BDC can communicate
with the PDC. What do you do?

A: In the 3 BDC’s LMHOSTS file add a entry for PDC and add #DOM #PRE to that line.

101: You are working at a WINS server and you want to import the file that contains computer name-to-IP
address mappings into the WINS database on this server. Which file should you import?

A: LMHOSTS file

102: You administer a TCP/IP network running 100 Windows-based computers and 5 UNIX servers. The 100
Windows-based computers are all WINS clients. How can you resolve computer names and hostnames
with minimum use of static name resolution?

A: Enable DNS to use WINS for name resolution.

103: You want DHCP to assign IP addresses to all of the Windows-based computer on your network. Each
Windows NT server is to be assigned the same unique IP address each time the server is booted up. How
would you do it?

A: Implement a client reservation for each server.

104: You manage a network that uses DHCP, DNS and WINS. You discover that IP address-to-hostname
resolution is not working properly. What is the best way to troubleshoot this problem?

A: Check the reverse lookup file using the nslookup utility.

105: You want to retrieve files from a UNIX server using the ftp command and the UNIX server’s hostname.
Your Windows NT workstation computer is not configured to use DNS. What needs to be installed on the
workstation?

A: A HOSTS file

106: Your publishing company maintains data on upcoming book releases on a Windows NT server connected to
the Internet. You want customers to be able to download theses files upon request regardless of what
operating system they are using. What utility should you implement?

A: FTP

107: A NT workstation user complains that he cannot connect to any other computers on his network. The
network uses both DHCP and WINS. You use his workstation and ping 127.0.0.1 and fail to get a response.
What is the problem?

A: TCP/IP is not properly installed on the workstation.

108: Which command can you use to access the routing tables of a NT server computer?

A: netstat
route

109: You have just installed a UNIX computer on a DHCP enabled network. To allow DHCP clients to access
the UNIX computer, you need to:

A: Exclude the IP address of the UNIX computer in any DHCP scopes.

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110: Your company has a TCP/IP network with three subnets. From your NT workstation on Subnet A you can
connect, using NT Explorer, to SERVER1 on Subnet B. You cannot connect to SERVER2 on Subnet C,
but you can connect to SERVER3 on Subnet C. What is most likely the problem?

A: Default Gateway address on SERVER2 is incorrect.

111: You manage a TCP/IP network of both Windows-based and UNIX computers with three subnets connected
by a single router. After installing WINS server on Subnet A, you configure Windows-based clients to
register NetBIOS/domain name with WINS. You soon discover that the UNIX computers on Subnets B &
C are not able to use WINS for name resolution. What can you do?

A: Install WINS proxies on Subnets B & C

112: You want to capture and decode TCP/IP packets on your NT server. What tool would you use?

A: Network Monitor

113: From your Windows NT computer you want to view your ATECs course catalog which is stored on a UNIX
computer. Which option should you use?

A: Telnet using a DNS server.

114: Your network has 2 DNS servers. You plan to set up a third one. You want to use the third DNS server to
process DNS queries for Internet resources. How would the third server be set up?

A: As a forwarder

115: You want all of your Windows-based computers on the network to use DNS server to resolve any names not
found in WINS. How?

A: Enable DNS for name resolution on each client computer.

116: You are the administrator for a network with 6 subnets and 180 Windows-based hosts. You have two
DHCP servers dynamically assigning IP addresses to these hosts. How can you provide for DHCP
redundancy if 1 DHCP server should fail?

A: Implement 6 DHCP scopes on each DHCP server.

117: From your Windows NT workstation you want to connect to a NT server on a remote subnet.
When you use ftp server1.attcorp.com, you make the connection. However, when you try using
computer name in NT Explorer, connection fails. What is the problem?

A: The server is not setup to use WINS.

118: Why would you change the NetBIOS scope value on the WINS Address tab?

A: To isolate a group of computers on the network.

119: You manage a network with 6 subnets. The network has two DHCP servers and three WINS servers.
All clients on the network are Windows-based computers and use DHCP. One user receives a message
the he has a duplicate IP address. What is probably the cause of this problem?

A: The 2 DHCP servers have overlapping scopes.

120: Your network has a network ID of 140.102.0.0. Each subnet must provide at least 700 host IDs.
Which subnet mask will provide the minimum number of host IDs with the maximum number of subnets?

A: 255.255.252.0

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121: Which protocols does PPTP support?

A: IP
IPX
NetBEUI

122: After installing NT Workstation on your computer you want to test the connection to a remote Windows
NT server using TCP/IP. What command would you use?

A ping

123: You set up a RAS server as a router to connect to an ISP using dial-up connection.
How should you configure IP settings on the RAS server?

A: Leave default gateway address blank.

124: Your network uses LMHOSTS files instead of a WINS server. Users are complaining about length of time
it takes to connect to remote hosts. You notice the LMHOSTS file has a large number of #PRE and #DOM
entries. What can you do to speed up connection time?

A: Move all #PRE and #DOM entries to the bottom of the file.

125: You administer a TCP/IP network of Windows-based computers on 6 subnets. You want to install 2 DHCP
servers on different subnets. You want these servers to automatically assign IP addresses to all hosts.

Required Results: Each DHCP server must act as backup for the other DHCP server.

Optional Results: DHCP should provide the same unique IP address to each Windows NT server
computer when that server initializes.
DHCP should assign the IP addresses of the WINS servers and DNS servers to
all DHCP clients.

Proposed Solution: Install DHCP relay agent on each subnet.

Create a client reservation for each NT server.
Define a DHCP scope for each subnet on both of the DHCP servers and define
the IP address range available to that subnet. Assign the remaining half of the
available IP addresses on each subnet to each scope.
On the DHCP servers, enable and configure the 44 WINS/NBNS servers and
the 46 WINS/NBT Node Type options, and the 006 DNS server options.

Which results does this produced?

A Both required and optional results.

Answers to Practice Test:

1. Class B
2. 209.170.15.159
3. 100.57.100
4. 255.255.255.0
5. 1022
6. NO
7. NO
8. 255.224.0.0
9. YES

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