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| jadgate 2003-01-05, 3:14 pm |
| I posted to this forum back in July/August regarding prep for a second crack at 216. Just wanted to let you know that I passed in November and went on to finish all my MSCE exams back in December. I am officially an MCSE as of December 5th, 2002. Thanks for all the suggestions and advice. I just wanted to post and encourage others to keep at it, altough I think that from what I have read recently, .Net will eclipse 2000 at some point.
How did I do it? Well the W2K Resource Kit book on TCP/IP helped, and the thing that put me over the top was a boot camp. I know that they do not have the best rep in the industry, but the combination of intense 10-12 days in a classroom environment with some peers helped a lot.
My 216 exam came down to a lot of RRAS questions mixed in with NAT and certificate services. Only a few questions on DHCP, DNS and 1-2 subnetting questions. The agony was less the second time around as well (only 50 questions vs. 65 on the first go around). I did need all the time though, as this is one exam where you have to budget your time carefully.
I then went on to conquer 217, 218, 219, and 220 in short order.
Thanks all for you help.
Jim | |
| mrfixit 2003-01-05, 3:48 pm |
| Quite an accomplishment, way to go! What's next? | |
| luisjo 2003-01-05, 8:59 pm |
| Can you help me out, what study materials did you use for passing the 70-216, im almost taking the exam and i gave myself another week for review. Please help. | |
| jadgate 2003-01-06, 1:31 am |
| First, forget the brain dumps.
You've got to have RRAS, DHCP, DNS, Cert Services, WINs and subnetting down cold. From what I have seen from other recent postings, they have changed the test so it is now down from 65 to 50 questions, so you have more time per question. Know how DHCP and DNS work together, and also IPSEC. There will be at least 3-4 questions that will involve RRAS, DHCP and NAT, and how it is all supposed to work together. A question I got went something like this: if you have remote clients dialing into an RRAS server, where does it get its IP address from, esp. if the RRAS server is also a DHCP server, and what if the DHCP server has 2 NICS. As you can see, there are several elements that all work together.
The final piece of advice is: sometimes you get what you know are several bad answers to a question (you would never pick them in the real world, but remember, the goal is to pass the test and give the answer Microsoft wants). Then the trick is to pick the least bad answer.
Good luck, let me know how it goes. | |
| ClintonN 2003-01-06, 9:09 am |
| I found it easier to read the answers first that way you can weed out the bs. Just my .02 | |
| jeff_j_black 2003-01-06, 1:56 pm |
| Congrats!!! | |
| lamngocliem 2003-01-07, 6:51 am |
| Congratulation on the pass. Welcome you to MCSE club. | |
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