This course provides students with the knowledge and skills required to set up, configure, use, and support Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) on Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 4.0.

Audience

This course is intended for network integrators, system engineers, and support professionals who implement and support TCP/IP in local and wide area network environments.

This course syllabus should be used to determine whether the course is appropriate for the student, based on current skills and technical training needs. Technical information is provided on the intended audience, course prerequisites, covered topics, lab exercises, course materials, and software.

At Course Completion

At the end of the course, students will be able to define TCP/IP and describe its advantages on Windows NT 4.0; install and configure Microsoft TCP/IP; test a TCP/IP configuration with the Packet InterNet Groper (PING) and IPCONFIG utilities; identify the network ID and host ID; describe the future direction of IP addressing; explain the function of a subnet mask; explain supernetting; explain the difference between static and dynamic IP routing; configure a computer running Windows NT 4.0 to function as a dynamic IP router; use the TRACERT utility to isolate route or network link problems; explain how a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) client obtains IP addresses from a DHCP server; install and configure a DHCP relay agent; back up and restore the DHCP database; describe the types of services provided by NetBIOS over TCP/IP; explain how the HOSTS file resolves a host name to an IP address on local and remote networks; modify the HOSTS file so that host names are resolved correctly; describe the function of WindowsÆ Internet Name Service (WINS); install and configure a WINS server; back up and restore the WINS database; explain the Windows NT browsing service; describe the domain logon, account password changes, and domain synchronization processes; describe the structure and architecture that make up the domain name system (DNS); describe the contents of the DNS database files; integrate DNS with WINS Lookup and non-Microsoft servers; troubleshoot DNS with NSLOOKUP; use Microsoft TCP/IP utilities to connect to and access resources on a TCP/IP-based UNIX host; install and configure the FTP server on a Windows NTñbased computer; install and configure TCP/IP Network Printing

Support on a Windows NT based computer; explain the purpose of simple network management protocol (SNMP); define management information base (MIB); install and configure Microsoft SNMP Service; use Windows NT utilities for diagnosing problems; and troubleshoot an IP network using TCP/IP utilities.

Microsoft Certified Professional Exams

This course helps you prepare for the following Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) exam:

• Exam 70-59, Internetworking Microsoft TCP/IP on Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

Prerequisites

• Knowledge of the function and uses of local area network (LAN) hardware, including network cards, cabling, bridges, and routers
• Knowledge of the functions of the seven layers in the open systems interconnect (OSI) reference model
• Successful completion of exam 70-67, Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, or course 687, Supporting Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Core Technologies

The course materials, lectures, and lab exercises are in English. To benefit fully from our instruction, students need an understanding of the English language and completion of the prerequisites.

Topics:

What is TCP/IP?

TCP/IP utilities

Installing and configuring Microsoft TCP/IP

Testing Microsoft TCP/IP with IPCONFIG and Packet InterNet Groper

Microsoft Network Monitor

Lab:

Installing, configuring, and testing TCP/IP

Skills:

Students will be able to:

Define TCP/IP and describe its advantages on Microsoft Windows NT 4.0.

Describe the Internet standards process.

Explain the purpose of a Request for Comments (RFC) document.

Install and configure Microsoft TCP/IP.

Test a TCP/IP configuration and IP connection with the PING utility.

Verify TCP/IP configuration parameters with the IPCONFIG utility.

Install and configure Microsoft Network Monitor.

Topics:

Microsoft TCP/IP suite

Network interface technologies

Address resolution protocol (ARP)

Internet control message protocol (ICMP)

Internet group management protocol (IGMP)

IP

Ports and sockets

TCP

User Datagram Protocol (UDP)

Labs:

Viewing and modifying the ARP cache

Viewing ICMP and ARP packets

Skills:

Students will be able to:

Describe how the TCP/IP suite maps to a four-layer model.

Explain how protocols at each layer work internally and in association with other protocols.

Describe the network interface layer protocols supported by IP.

Use Microsoft Network Monitor to view ICMP and ARP packets.

Topics:

What is an IP address?

Address classes

Assigning network IDs

Assigning host IDs

What is a subnet mask?

Addressing with IP version 6

Lab:

Assigning IP addresses

Skills:

Students will be able to:

Identify the network ID and host ID in a class A, B, or C IP address.

Distinguish between a valid and invalid class A, B, or C IP address.

Identify the network components that require an IP address.

Describe the future direction of IP addressing.

Topics:

What is a subnet?

Implementing subnetting

What are subnet mask bits?

Defining a subnet mask

Defining subnet IDs

Defining host IDs for a subnet

Supernetting

Labs:

Defining a subnet mask

Defining network ID s for an internetwork

Subnetting and supernetting

Skills:

Students will be able to:

Explain the function of a subnet mask.

Distinguish between a default subnet mask and a custom subnet mask.

Define a common subnet mask for a wide area network (WAN) that consists of multiple subnets.

Define a range of valid host IDs for multiple subnets.

Explain supernetting.

Topics:

What is IP routing?

Static IP routing

Dynamic IP routing

Integrating static and dynamic IP routing

Implementing a Windows NT router

TRACERT utility

Lab:

Viewing and modifying a route table

Skills:

Students will be able to:

Explain the difference between static and dynamic IP routing.

Explain the host configuration requirements to communicate with a static IP router.

Build a static routing table.

Explain the host configuration requirements to communicate with a dynamic IP router.

Configure a computer running Windows NT 4.0 to function as a dynamic IP router.

Use the TRACERT utility to isolate route or network link problems.

Topics:

What is DHCP?

How DHCP works

Implementation considerations

Installing and configuring a DHCP server

Enabling a DCHP relay agent

Using the IPCONFIG utility

Backing up and restoring the DHCP database

Compacting the DHCP database

Labs:

Implementing DHCP

Installing, configuring, and monitoring DHCP relay agents

Skills:

Students will be able to:

Describe the function of DHCP.

Explain how a DHCP client obtains IP addresses from a DHCP server.

Install DHCP in an internetwork.

Configure a DHCP scope for multiple subnets.

Configure DHCP scope options for multiple subnets.

Install and configure a DHCP relay agent.

Use the IPCONFIG utility to view IP configurations, and to renew or release a lease.

Back up and restore the DHCP database.

Use the JETPACK utility to compact the DHCP database.

Topics:

What is NetBIOS?

What are NetBIOS names?

What is NetBIOS name resolution?

NetBIOS-over-TCP/IP name resolution nodes

Using the LMHOSTS file

Lab:

Resolving NetBIOS names

Skills:

Students will be able to:

Define NetBIOS.

Describe the three types of services provided by NetBIOS over TCP/IP.

Define NetBIOS names.

Describe the NetBIOS-over-TCP/IP node types.

Explain how NetBIOS names on a local network are resolved using broadcasts.

Explain how NetBIOS names of hosts on remote networks are resolved using the LMHOSTS file.

Explain how NetBIOS names of hosts on remote networks are resolved using a NetBIOS name server.

Configure a local or central LMHOSTS file for resolving NetBIOS names.

Topics:

What is WINS?

How WINS works

Implementation considerations

Implementing WINS

Lab:

Implementing WINS

Skills:

Students will be able to:

Describe the function of WINS.

Explain how a WINS server resolves NetBIOS names.

Install and configure a WINS server for an intranet.

Configure a computer to use primary and secondary WINS servers.

Topics:

Database replication between WINS servers

Maintaining the WINS server database

Lab:

Maintaining a WINS database

Skills:

Students will be able to:

Configure a WINS server to replicate its database entries with another WINS server.

Back up and restore the WINS database.

Use the JETPACK utility to compact the WINS database.

Configure WINS to automatically remove obsolete database entries.

Topics:

Browsing overview

Browsing an IP internetwork

IP internetwork domain functions

Lab:

IP internetwork logon and browsing

Skills:

Students will be able to:

Explain the Windows NT browsing service in terms of collection, distribution, and servicing of client requests.

Describe the source of the problems with browsing in an IP internetwork and their solutions.

Describe the domain logon, account password changes, and domain synchronization processes.

Topics:

TCP/IP naming schemes

What is a host name?

What is host name resolution?

HOSTS file

Lab:

Resolving host names

Skills:

Students will be able to:

Define a host name.

Explain how the HOSTS file resolves a host name to an IP address on local and remote networks.

Explain how a host name is resolved to an IP address using a domain name system server.

Explain how a host name is resolved to an IP address using Microsoft-supported methods.

Modify the HOSTS file so that host names are resolved correctly.

Topics:

DNS

Name resolution

Configuring the DNS files

Planning a DNS implementation

Lab:

Planning DNS server implementation

Skills:

Students will be able to:

Describe the structure and architecture that make up DNS.

Define the DNS components.

Explain how DNS is used to resolve names and IP addresses.

Describe the contents of the DNS database files.

Register a DNS server with the parent domain.

Topics:

Microsoft DNS Server

Administering DNS Server

Integrating DNS and WINS

Troubleshooting DNS with NSLOOKUP

Labs:

Installing and configuring Microsoft DNS Service

Integrating DNS and WINS

Troubleshooting DNS with NSLOOKUP

Skills:

Students will be able to:

Install Microsoft DNS Service.

Administer DNS Server.

Create a zone file and populate it with resource records.

Integrate DNS with WINS Lookup.

Integrate DNS with non-Microsoft DNS servers.

Troubleshoot DNS with NSLOOKUP.

Topics:

Connectivity in heterogeneous environments

Connecting to a remote host with Microsoft networking

Microsoft TCP/IP utilities

Remote execution utilities

Data transfer utilities

Printing utilities

Labs:

Installing, configuring, and testing a Windows NT based FTP server

Implementing TCP/IP printing

Skills:

Students will be able to:

Connect to a remote host with Microsoft networking.

Use Microsoft TCP/IP utilities to connect to and access resources on a TCP/IP-based UNIX host.

Install and configure the FTP server on a Windows NT based computer.

Install and configure TCP/IP Network Printing Support on a Windows item.

Topics:

What is SNMP?

Management information base

Microsoft SNMP Service

Defining SNMP communities

Installing and configuring SNMP Service

SNMPUTIL utility

How SNMP works

Lab:

Implementing SNMP Service

Skills:

Students will be able to:

Explain the purpose of SNMP.

Describe the different operations performed by an SNMP agent and an SNMP management system.

Define MIB.

Install and configure SNMP Service.

Identifying the problem source

Windows NT diagnostic tools

Troubleshooting guidelines

Lab:

Troubleshooting an IP network

Skills:

Students will be able to:

Identify common TCP/IP problems.

Use Windows NT utilities for diagnosing problems.

Troubleshoot an IP network using TCP/IP utilities.