As a network administrator or consultant, your job can involve planning, analyzing, and designing networks as much as implementing them. This may include choosing protocols and services to use, designing addressing and Internet access schemes, and providing other services, such as remote access.
MCSE Exam 70-221, Designing a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure, deals with the high-level design and planning of network protocols and services. This exam can be used as an optional core exam or as an elective.
There is some overlap in Microsoft’s objectives between this exam and the basic Network Infrastructure exam (Exam 70-216), which focuses more on the technical implementation of network protocols and services. You should study Part IV, as well as this chapter before taking the Designing a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure exam.
To prepare for this chapter and the Network Infrastructure exam, you should have studied Part IV and Part I and Part II (Windows 2000 Professional and Server). You should also have real-world experience with computers in a networked environment that uses the services and protocols covered in this chapter.
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IP addressing format and classes | |
Difference between public and private addresses | |
Private IP address ranges |
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Methods of Internet connectivity | |
Benefits of NAT | |
Benefits of Proxy Server 2.0 | |
Proxy server types |
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Design Internet connectivity and choose the required services | |
Choose between NAT and ICS | |
Determine placement of NAT servers | |
Use NAT to support DHCP and DNS | |
Plan the use of NAT address pools and special ports | |
Secure a NAT solution | |
Optimize NAT performance | |
Secure a proxy server solution | |
Improve proxy server availability | |
Improve proxy server performance |
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Router types | |
Typical routing protocols | |
Remote access authentication methods | |
VPN protocols |