Networking Essentials Study Tips

Things to review before you go to the exam:

  1. Common Terminology
  2. File Server versus Client/Server
  3. Connection-oriented versus connectionless communications.
  4. Given the manufacturer's documentation for the network adapter, install, configure, and resolve hardware conflicts for multiple network adapters in a token-ring or Ethernet network.
  5. Ethernet Transceiver types
  6. IRQ availability
  7. Select the appropriate media for various situations. Media choices include twisted-pair cable, coaxial cable, fiber-optic cable, and wireless. Consider cost, distance limitations, and number of nodes.
  8. Cable lengths 100M, 185M, 500M
  9. Select the appropriate topology for various token-ring and Ethernet networks.
  10. Describe the characteristics and purpose of the media used in IEEE 802.3 and IEEE 802.5 standards.
  11. IEEE specifications for BNC, T-connectors, and cable types
  12. Select the appropriate connectivity devices for various token-ring and Ethernet networks. Connectivity devices include repeaters, bridges, routers, brouters, and gateways.
  13. Ethernet packet switching hub
  14. Redirector buffers and TCP window sizes
  15. Define the communication devices that communicate at each level of the OSI model.
  16. Select the appropriate network and transport protocol or protocols for various token-ring and Ethernet networks. Protocol choices include DLC, AppleTalk, IPX, TCP/IP, NFS, and SMB.
  17. Distinguish whether SLIP or PPP is used as the communications protocol for various situations.
  18. Routable protocols (TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, Apple Talk) and non-routable protocols (NetBEUI and DLC)
  19. IPX/SPX frame types
  20. Explain the purpose of NDIS and Novell ODI network standards.
  21. Implement a NetBIOS naming scheme for all computers on a given network.
  22. Explain the Universal Naming Convention
  23. Compare user-level security with access permission assigned to a shared directory on a server.
  24. Choose an administrative plan to meet specified needs, including performance management, account management, and security.
  25. NTFS and Auditing file and share access
  26. Choose a disaster recovery plan for various situations.
  27. Fault tolerance in disk striping and cable schemes
  28. Packet Switching, ISDN, Frame Relay, ATM transfer rates, media carried, simultaneous transmission ability, etc.
  29. List the characteristics, requirements, and appropriate situations for WAN connection services. WAN connection services include X.25, ISDN, frame relay, and ATM.
  30. What can you carry: Digital, Video, Audio simultaneously? How far can you carry it? What are your transfer rates?
  31. Hardware upgrades and considerations, 100BaseT versus FDDI
  32. Ethernet packet switching hub
  33. OHM meters and readings you should get from connectors and cables.
  34. Protocol analyzer
  35. Time domain reflectometer
  36. Performance monitor, CPU, Page Faults, Hard disk access