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Tue 70-216 Question of the Day
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| wbafrank 2002-04-16, 11:03 am |
|  And today's poser is ....
Q71. You are the administrator for your company's Windows 2000 domain. The network contains a Windows 2000 Server computer that uses the NAT routing protocol. The network also uses Windows 2000 Professional client computers. You decide to setup the NAT server to be a DHCP Allocator with the default values. What must you do to the client computers to automatically receive IP configurations?
A. Configure all Windows 2000 Professional computers to use DNS.
B. Configure all Windows 2000 Professional client computers to use OSPF.
C. Configure all Windows 2000 Professional client computers as DHCP clients.
D. Configure all Windows 2000 Professional client computers to use ICMP routers.
Good Luck .... see you tomorrow for the answer!! | |
| Zaraspook 2002-04-16, 11:45 am |
| Welcome back Frank! How about C?  | |
| jeff_j_black 2002-04-16, 11:59 am |
| 'C'
Que' paso? | |
| TxBear 2002-04-16, 1:06 pm |
| I'll say C as well | |
| CyberDude 2002-04-16, 1:52 pm |
| C. I beleive that you also have to use the NAT servers address as the default gateway for the clients. | |
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| here i go reading too much into the question again...maybe  ...the question did not say if the dns proxy component of the NAT server was configured or even enabled. by default, the dhcp allocator will send the ip address of the NAT server as the primary dns server. this being the case, name resolution would not happen as the NAT server is not configured for this. also, by default, win2k pro systems are setup as dhcp clients.
so, that being the case, my answer is A. | |
| mrfixit 2002-04-16, 7:14 pm |
| C!
You have to configure computers on the network as DHCP clients in order to receive an IP configuration automatically. | |
| chodan 2002-04-16, 7:32 pm |
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Originally posted by emtek
here i go reading too much into the question again...maybe ...the question did not say if the dns proxy component of the NAT server was configured or even enabled. by default, the dhcp allocator will send the ip address of the NAT server as the primary dns server. this being the case, name resolution would not happen as the NAT server is not configured for this. also, by default, win2k pro systems are setup as dhcp clients.
so, that being the case, my answer is A.
I`ll have to go with you assuming there is no assuming on the part of the configuration.
A. | |
| jeff_j_black 2002-04-16, 9:01 pm |
| While there is nothing to say that the clients are not set to default settings, there is nothing sayong that the clients are set to default settings. Also, the administrator has decided to 'setup the NAT server to be a DHCP Allocator'. Given the scenario, the implication is that there was no DHCP service prior to this. That makes it 50/50 that the clients were default or had fixed ip settings. So from there 'B' and 'D' are easy to eliminate. But the final part of the question is the kicker: 'What must you do to the client computers to automatically receive IP configurations?' Well, in that context 'C' would be the only way to configure clients to automatically recieve IP configurations. | |
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| jakob79 2002-04-16, 9:42 pm |
| I'll go with C | |
| mcdoud 2002-04-16, 9:54 pm |
| ...that a question that seems so easy can become so difficult! I'll go with my first inclination. I choose C. | |
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Originally posted by jeff_j_black
...But the final part of the question is the kicker: 'What must you do to the client computers to automatically receive IP configurations?'...
figures that i would read sooo much into the question that i completely bypassed the question itself. i would like to 'officially' change my answer to C if i could | |
| lamngocliem 2002-04-17, 8:18 am |
| My answer is C. | |
| mrfixit 2002-04-17, 9:38 am |
| quote:
Originally posted by emtek
figures that i would read sooo much into the question that i completely bypassed the question itself. i would like to 'officially' change my answer to C if i could
You just have to remember, with an M$ question, you can never assume anything. | |
| KScheler 2002-04-17, 11:30 am |
| Welcome back Frank!
I have to go with C. Like Jeff said, the question is: What must you do to the client computers to automatically receive IP configurations? | |
| chodan 2002-04-17, 11:35 am |
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Originally posted by KScheler
Welcome back Frank!
I have to go with C. Like Jeff said, the question is: What must you do to the client computers to automatically receive IP configurations?
Thats the point
you don`t do anything for clients to recieve addressing from DHCP.
THe question didn`t state a pre existing config on the clients. | |
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Originally posted by chodan
Thats the point
you don`t do anything for clients to recieve addressing from DHCP.
THe question didn`t state a pre existing config on the clients.
you do have a point chodan, which is why i originally thought C was incorrect. however, if you look at the other answers, none of them will allow a client system to obtain ip configuration. | |
| chodan 2002-04-17, 1:46 pm |
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Originally posted by emtek
you do have a point chodan, which is why i originally thought C was incorrect. however, if you look at the other answers, none of them will allow a client system to obtain ip configuration.
I suppose in that respect C would be be the only logical choice, although where is DNS coming from. As NAT automatically fowarding DNS requests? | |
| jeff_j_black 2002-04-17, 3:54 pm |
| This is what is fun about the whole exam process, learning how to break the question down.
It's funny, I originally answered 'C'. Then I started reading the various comments pointing out why 'C' was wrong or another choice was right. I started composing my message, then it hit me right between the eyes, the final sentence: 'What must you do to the client computers to automatically receive IP configurations?'
You really have to break some questions down to get to the crux of the issue. This particular question illustrates the question format of least-wrong or most-right choice. 'E) Nothing' could arguably be a good choice, as we all could agree that Win2k clients default to DHCP. But in view of the last sentence in the question and the available choices (Discard two wrong ones, then select the least-wrong or most-right choice) the lesson is don't assume.
There are questions (not as many as there used to be) that rely on the least-wrong / most-right format. | |
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| djmaplethorpe 2002-04-22, 5:26 pm |
| I guess I'm to new to this, but does everything have to difficult? | |
| jeff_j_black 2002-04-22, 6:28 pm |
| Don't let it throw you. Sometimes, you just have to read the question with a critical eye. | |
| Flubber6755 2002-04-22, 7:40 pm |
| C |
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