MCSE. Networking Essentials Study Guide

James Chellis

ISBN 10: 0782126952 / ISBN 13: 9780782126952

Published by Network Press, 2000

About this Item

Networking Essentials is one of the four core requirements for the MCSE, the hottest certification in the networking/support arena. The NT 4 track of the MCSE program will continue to be offered alongside the Windows 2000 track after its release.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: MCSE. Networking Essentials Study Guide
• Publisher: Network Press
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0782126952
• ISBN 13: 9780782126952
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: As New

About this title

Synopsis

Designed to help you prepare for Exam 70-058, Networking Essentials. Provides full coverage of every exam objective, practical information on applying networking concepts, and cutting edge exam prep software, including product simulations and electronic flashcards. CD-ROM included.

Review

Networks, local and wide, are nothing new. What is new is the idea that the network can be many times greater than the sum of its parts, and that organizations without networked machines are at a severe competitive disadvantage. Networks need administrators, and good administrators need credentials. That's what the Networking Essentials piece of the MCSE puzzle is for.

The authors begin by explaining what computer networks are and why they're useful--an exercise in the obvious, most likely for most of their readers. They then cover the OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) network model and hop into real-work network implementations, including Ethernet, Token Ring, FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface), ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode), AppleTalk, and ARCnet.

After covering theory solidly, the book rolls on through network architecture, including issues of physical cabling distances, network protocols, and server configuration (focusing, appropriately, on Windows NT and its applications). Day-to-day administration gets attention (though security, which admittedly is covered in other MCSE pieces, gets short shrift here). The authors explain WANs (wide area network) and remote access (including RAS [Remote Access Service]) to the reader in excellent detail.

Each chapter of this book includes scenario-based problems (actual exercises in setting up networks aren't practical) and quiz questions that mimic those on the exam. The CD-ROM includes practice exams, too.