I've just passed the TCP/IP on NT 4 exam to become an MCSE (810/750).

In retrospect, I think it would have been better to take Windows 95 and Networking Essentials together, and TCP/IP on NT 4 and IIS in sequence as there is a lot of cross-over between topics.

I only discovered the list after taking the Windows 95 exam. It really encouraged me to pursue MCSE as I'd only taken the first three exams as a result of my company sending me on the Microsoft training courses. Thanks everyone! Here in the UK, the MCSE scheme seems less well known than in the US. You don't usually get people outside the computing profession studying for it! Hopefully the value of MCSE will increase as knowledge of it increases.

I used the Sybex TCP/IP Study Guide and NT 4 Resource Kit in order to prepare for the exam (along with experience of DHCP roll out, and server support of a NT 3.51 network (5000 users, 10+domains in a complete trust domain structure) The Sybex book was really written for NT 3.51 with an extra chapter on NT 4 added afterwards. For this reason I'd recommend focusing on the NT 4 aspects of the exam using the Resource Kit. They all came up (i.e. WINS/DNS integration, Using NT 4 as a router, PPTP (very useful), IIS and DHCP relay).

Before taking the exam, memorise the Class A, B and C subnet tables and then write them out as you begin. There were lots of questions that required knowledge of subnet maths. I also had lots of questions along the lines of "You use "ftp HostName" and it works, but when using ftp "IP Address" it fails - where is the problem?

in various WINS and DNS environments." Make sure you know WINS, DNS and DHCP well, especially how they operate over multiple subnets. Know about DNS Zoning (and the use of primary, secondary, caching-only DNS Servers

(I felt the Sybex book didn't cover DNS very well, but the MS IIS course notes saved zone). Finally, make sure you know TCP/IP printing well. In my experience Microsoft seem very keen on questions about Printing in exams.

Well, I'll be taking NT Server 4.0 next, in order to become an Microsoft Certified Product Specialist in Internet Systems.