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Summary: TCP/IP is revealed to the clueless
Review: OK, I admit it. I learned my TCP/IP for Windows NT exams from reading Exam Cram. Needless to say, I passed the Windows NT TCP/IP test, but couldn't tell a subnet from a supernet. Now I have a job in the industry and I needed to actually learn TCP/IP, especially since we are moving up to Windows 2000 in our shop.This book is unreal in how good things are explained. Great detail in describing RRAS, WINS, DNS, and the TCP stack. Using the information in the book I am now up to speed on TCP/IP. Enough to pass the 70-216 test! Not bad for a NT MCSE! For Real, this book helped a lot. I owe the author's a beer on this one.
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Summary: I passed 70-216!
Review: The Network Infrastucture exam went live this week and I took it the first day. I read the MS Press book for the 70-216 exam, and if I only read that, I would have failed it for sure. This book put me over the top! I wonder if the authors wrote the exam questions? Thanks for putting together a great book and helping me pass my first windows 2000 test!
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Summary: A goodie
Review: There are just a couple TCP/IP books out on Windows 2k right now, and this one is a goodie. I liked how they started out with how TCP/IP works, then got into the innards of the new stuff in Windows 2k. I've read the book twice, and am still amazed by how much I'm learning!
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Summary: From basic to nice real world stuff
Review: There's a bunch of TCP/IP books, and I must have about half of them. This is one of the most complete and real world oriented books I've read. They start talking about basic TCP/IP and how it works, and built on the basics with practical workings of TCP/IP services like RRAS and DNS. You better be an MCSE first before you read this, because they assume you are already an experienced admin. I hope to crack the W2k tests with this book!
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Summary: Excellent Coverage of Win2k Net Services
Review: This book is fresh air to someone like myself who has read at least a dozen Windows 2000 books. I get the impression that a lot of the Windows 2000 books were written by people who write books and don't work with the technology. This book doesn't fall into that class. It was great to read this book, because it renewed my faith that a tech book could be written in a way that doesn't put me to sleep. They cover Windows 2000 TCP/IP from top to bottom. WINS, DNS, DHCP, RRAS, IIS, routing and network devices. Its all there, and its filled with little known factoids that makes me want to keep reading and have another "aha!" experience. This book also was the major reason I passed the Microsoft 216 exam so easily. Although I didn't buy it to pass the exam, they seem to cover all the material that the exam covered. A nice bonus. I wish they made the book longer, because I'm sure they could have said a lot more that I would like to read about. This book isn't for beginners, but neither is Windows 2000. I think once the reader is ready to manage Windows 2000, they'll be ready to get the most out of this exceptional book.
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Summary: Excellent Coverage of Win2k Net Services
Review: This book is fresh air to someone like myself who has read at least a dozen Windows 2000 books. I get the impression that a lot of the Windows 2000 books were written by people who write books and don't work with the technology. This book doesn't fall into that class. It was great to read this book, because it renewed my faith that a tech book could be written in a way that doesn't put me to sleep. They cover Windows 2000 TCP/IP from top to bottom. WINS, DNS, DHCP, RRAS, IIS, routing and network devices. Its all there, and its filled with little known factoids that makes me want to keep reading and have another "aha!" experience. This book also was the major reason I passed the Microsoft 216 exam so easily. Although I didn't buy it to pass the exam, they seem to cover all the material that the exam covered. A nice bonus. I wish they made the book longer, because I'm sure they could have said a lot more that I would like to read about. This book isn't for beginners, but neither is Windows 2000. I think once the reader is ready to manage Windows 2000, they'll be ready to get the most out of this exceptional book.
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Summary: Good to learn how to design Windows 2000 network solutions
Review: This book is good. I am studying for the 70-216 and 70-221 Microsoft Exam to update my MCSE to Windows 2000 MCSE. There is no Microsoft Book now for these tests so I got this one. Not only did I really learn TCP/IP for the first time (I thought I understood TCP/IP and how it worked before), but I know now how so different Windows 2000 TCP/IP is from Windows NT TCP/IP. They are not the same! Only book I ever read that showed me how to design WINS and DNS solutions in real world. MSPRESS books did not show me that for Windows NT! This is a good book and I liked it a lot.
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Summary: Good book
Review: This book is heads and tails above any other TCP/IP book I've read or own. Finally understand how DNS works, the RAS section helped me put together my Win2k VPN. Get this is you wnat to understand some of the weird stuff in Win2k TCP/IP.
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Summary: Good book
Review: This book is heads and tails above any other TCP/IP book I've read or own. Finally understand how DNS works, the RAS section helped me put together my Win2k VPN. Get this is you wnat to understand some of the weird stuff in Win2k TCP/IP.
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Summary: An excellent book for the WinNT/Win2k Net Admin
Review: This has got to be the the BEST reference book available, not just for Win2000 TCP/IP, but for all Windows OS TCP/IP. Great for letting me know how things work, especially with dozens of examples for configuration of various services, such as DNS, DHCP, WINS, RRAS and etc. If you are going to take the various Win2000 exams, it is definitely good investment.
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