Subject: MCSE: TCP/IP 4.0 Brain Dump
Date sent: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 11:46:51 -0400

I just wrote the TCP/IP 4.0 exam. It was my 12th exam.
I got a 965 out of a required 750. 58 questions, 90 minutes available.
I took 40 minutes. All in all the exam was pretty darn easy compared to the TCP/IP 3.51 exam.

A lot of the questions are very obvious if you know TCP/IP at all.

• I used the NT 4.0 Resource Kit as my primary study tool.
• I had the Sybex book, but it is not very good.
• The Transcender TCP/IP 4.0 beta was, as always, right on the money. It definate

My tips:

1. Know all the TCP/IP utilities: arp, netstat, nbtstat, ipconfig, tracert, ping - don't worry about switches, just know what they are each used for.
2. Know the differences betweem primary, secondary, fowarding and cache-only dns servers
3. Know when WINS, WINS proxy, DHCP and DHCP relay should be used
4. Know the NETBIOS name resoluition modes (h, b, m, p)
5. Know how push and pull replication works on WINS
6. Know how to configure DHCP pretty well
7. Know the syntax of both LMHOSTS and HOSTS
8. Know when to use WINS and when to use DNS
9. MEMORIZE the subnet table! There are only 5 questions and are easy if you know the table. Don't worry about fancy subnetting formulas, save your self some time
10. Know how to use the route add command
11. Know what lpr, lpd and lpq are for
12. Know how to install a TCP/IP printer on NT
13. Know how to configure a RAS server as a gateway to the internet and the clients on the network

If you know TCP/IP pretty well, don't sweat this test. It is not as hard as 3.51 test by any means.

Good luck!

David, MCSE