After completing TCP/IP: Name Resolution and WINS the user should be able to:
 

	Describe and use the NetBIOS name resolution methods
	Set the order of NetBIOS name resolution
	Install and configure WINS servers and clients
	Add WINS servers to WINS Manager and monitor WINS
	Configure and manage WINS servers
	Replicate the WINS Database

NetBIOS Name Cache LMHOSTS and Broadcast
 

	Using the NetBIOS name service
	Describing the NetBIOS name cache method
	Describing the broadcast method
	Describing the LMHOSTS file method

NetBIOS Name Server HOSTS and DNS Server
 

	Describing the name server method
	Describing the HOSTS file method
	Describing the Domain Name System (DNS) method

Order of NetBIOS Name Resolution
 

	Setting the order of name resolution
	Viewing and setting the node type

Introduction to WINS
 

	Explaining the WINS process
	Describing NetBIOS name renewal
	Describing NetBIOS name release and name resolution

Installing WINS Server and Clients
 

	Installing WINS server
	Installing WINS client
	Configuring a statically addressed WINS client
	Configuring WINS proxies
	Configuring DHCP clients as WINS clients

Introduction to WINS Server Manager
 

	Adding WINS servers to WINS Manager
	Monitoring WINS
	Viewing the database

Configuring WINS Servers
 

	Setting WINS Manager preferences
	Configuring WINS server properties

Managing WINS Servers
 

	Viewing WINS server details
	Configuring static mappings
	Identifying special names
	Backing up the database
	Restoring the WINS database

Scavenging and Replicating the WINS Database
 

	Scavenging and compacting the database
	Adding replication partners
	Manually triggering replication

This course is distributed with:

 

	Exercises that allow users to practice administrating TCP/IP
	A file containing the text of the exercises
	Simulations that allow users to practice course skills even if they don't have access to a TCP/IP server product
	A TCP/IP glossary