Short course name:

MCSE 3

Module number:

MCSE03

Course Syllabus:

1. TCP/IP Protocol

This segment provides an overview of the OSI, Microsoft, and TCP/IP Networking Models, as well as major application layer protocols.

Objectives

• Understand the purpose and function of networking models
• Identify the seven layers of the OSI networking model
• Identify the Microsoft networking model
• Identify the four layers of the TCP/IP protocol suite
• Identify several application layer protocols of the TCP/IP protocol suite

2. IP Addressing and Routing

This segment provides an overview of IP addressing and routing, including binary conversion, network classes, subnetting, and name resolution.

Objectives

• Convert IP addresses to binary and to decimal
• Identify the network and host ID portions of an IP address based on address class
• Explain subnetting and subnet masking
• Perform bitwise ANDing
• Distinguish between static and dynamic routing table updates
• Explain the use of four commonly used routing utilities

3. Classless Subnet Masking and Client Address Configuration

This segment provides an overview of subnetting, supernetting, the XP/2000 routing table, assigning IP addresses, and APIPA.

Objectives

• Subnet Class A, B, and C networks
• Supernet a Class C network
• Make changes to the routing table
• Configure a static IP address
• Use alternate IP addressing configurations

4. The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

This segment provides an overview of DHCP leases, as well as installing and configuring DHCP service.
Objectives
• Explain the DHCP lease process
• Install DHCP service
• Create and configure different type of DHCP scopes
• List DHCP option types
• Create DHCP/BOOTP reservations
• Allocate IP addresses appropriately

5. Integrating and Troubleshooting DHCP

This segment provides an overview of configuring the DHCP Relay Agent, Dynamic DNS, Routing and Remote Access, and Active Directory. It also covers automatic addressing, as well as managing and monitoring DHCP.

Objectives

• Configure the DHCP Relay Agent
• Use DNS upgrading options
• Configure your RRAS server to use DHCP
• Integrate DHCP with Active Directory
• Disable APIPA
• Backup and restore a DHCP database

6. Windows Internet Name Server (WINS)

This segment provides an overview of WINS, including installation, push and pull replication, records management, and database administration.

Objectives

• Install and configure WINS
• Manage WINS records and its database
• Configure WINS replication
• Reconcile WINS records
• Backup and restore the WINS database

7. WINS Client and Interoperability and NetBIOS

This segment provides an overview of configuring WINS clients, troubleshooting WINS clients and servers, and NetBIOS name resolution, registration, and node types.

Objectives

• Configure network clients to support WINS either directly or through a WINS proxy agent
• Describe how WINS interoperates with DNS and DHCP
• Configure WINS with RRAS
• Describe the WINS browser list
• Describe the NetBIOS name registration and resolution processes
• Define NetBIOS concepts such as node types and LMHOSTS file

8. Domain Naming System Concepts

This segment provides an overview of DNS conventions, resolution, namespace, concepts, resource records, zones, and Active Directory service integration.

Objectives

• Explain the function of DNS
• Describe the DNS namespace
• Create DNS zones and records
• Outline DNS server roles
• Manage record aging and scavenging
• Integrate Active Directory and DNS

9. Routing and Remote Access Service VPN Services

This segment provides an overview of enabling remote access, configuring a VPN server, authenticating VPN clients, creating dial-up connections and gateways, and troubleshooting VPN.

Objectives

• Enable remote access on a VPN server
• Identify available authentication protocols
• Describe the process of tunneling
• Configure a VPN server for remote access
• Configure a VPN client for remote access