Study resources:

 I used the Sybex Networking Essentials Study Guide.

 I also borrowed a friends New Rider Training Guide (I did not read this, just used it as a reference on points I was unclear on).

 I did all the test questions on the accompanying CDs.

 I did a few tests that I found on the net.

 If I had left it at that I would most certainly have failed, thatÆs when I found your braindump. I probably read about ¥ of them fully.

 If you can get hold of copies of the Microsoft NT Server manuals (that come with NT server), there are some useful sections in there, it help be understand name resolution, NetBIOS, WINS, DNS etcà a lot better (not really covered in Sybex).

 I donÆt have any particular background in computers, but I do have access to some equipment that I can sit and æplayÆ with.

I studied over a 3 month period, but my wife had our first baby five weeks ago so that was a month of total distraction (it was a boy, 7lb 15oz, born on 4 July, if anyone is interested). I do not have any particular background in computers, but I do have

Questions:

 I would like to clear some confusion from something I read on another braindump with reference to NDIS and ODI. I had two questions regarding their function and as has been pointed out before, the wording on the answers is not as straight forward

 I had 11 of the dreaded scenario questions (including the very first question of my test), my advice is donÆt sweat it! I did them as suggested by others, write out the required and optional results and ticking them off as they are met.

1. The first two were to do with centralised security on a multi-server network with auditing, straight forward enough. The part was unsure of was as one of the optional results was to have protection against password breaking programs, in the scenario it

2. The next 2 concerned the classic three offices connected by 2 T1 connections, and 3 T1 connections (see other dumps for detail). I was lucky and didnÆt get the version where one link was 8 or 16 modems, would they work at over 1 Mbps? For what itÆs wor

3. I had the classic NetBIOS naming schemes for servers and clients, one proposed solution as unique hex number (meets required but not optional), the other the name is formed from server location or email address (meets all results).

4. I had 2 on the system that required less than 2 hours downtime and protection from data loss, optionals were auditing and virus protection. The proposed solutions had things such as disk stripping with parity (you need the parity (RAID 5) to have fault

5. I had the scenarios to reduce utilisation (no apologies to Americans, this is how the English spell it!) by 50% by changing cards, cables and hubs to 100Mbps Ethernet. This met required and 2 optional. It does not meet the optional result of doing it

6. The last scenario was to do with reducing broadcast storms on a network with PC, Apple and Unix. Part of the proposed solution was to use only IPX/SPX. As Apples can not use this it did not meet the required result.

 The question I think I got wrong was to do with monitoring the network over time (I think its performance) I think it also mentioned ôat packet levelö. There were 2 possible answers a) Network (or Performance) monitor b) Protocol Analyser. Becaus

 Questions on share or user level security. Before the test I thought that these had the potential for being ambiguous, as it is not always as straight forward to say Win95 and WFW are share level and NT workstation and server are user level. For

 A very simple question that I sat and pondered over for a few minutes, trying to find the catch. ôWhat protocols can be used for a dial up connection?ö (except Microsoft used a few more words). It said choose all that apply, then only gave 2 opti

All the other questions were pretty much straight forward and variations of questions found on other braindumps. My advise is to study hard and understand the subject rather than memorising answers from other dumps, as you donÆt get exactly the same quest

Onwards and upwards.

Regards and good luck!

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