Subject: I passed Networking Essentials

I passed Networking Essentials with a grade of 867. This is my first MSCE exam, and certainly will not be my last!

Due to the fact that I am visually impaired, Sylvan was very nice about allowing me to have extra time to take the exam, and to provide a reader for the test. Therefore, Sylvan is in full compliance with ADA. Although I do believe that if the test software had the facility to change the font size to 14 point, the use of a reader would not have been necessary for me.

The test did have a diagram of a network topology, and asked me to identify, as to which it was.

Be sure to know your protocols, and which are NOT routable. There was one question, in which it asked which protocol would you use for a windows 95 Peer to Peer network, and NetBEUI was not one of the choices. LOTS of questions about which connectivity device you would use, bridger, router, brouter, repeater, so know these very well.

there were copious questions about what troubleshooting tools would be used, (e. g. TDR, VOM, Oscilloscope, SNMP, etc)

Oh, and I also need to mention, there were 3 questions about "you have the following readings on a cable, terminator... what should you fix..."

All in all, there were no real suppress. But do watch the scenario questions!!!