Answer Set #8

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1. Name a few other network environments in which Windows NT can interoperate?

• Microsoft Networks
• NetWare Networks (NetWare 3.x and 4.x)
• Apple Macintosh AppleTalk
• TCP/IP Hosts, including UNIX hosts
• Remote Access clients

2. Windows NT networking components can be organized into three main categories. What are they?

• File System Drivers
• Transport Protocols
• Network Adapter Card Drivers

3. Through what do these individual and layered components communicate? (Hint: What is the "formal" name for these programming interfaces?)

• Boundary Layers

4. Name the four transport protocols that Windows NT supports.

• NetBEUI
• NWLink
• TCP/IP
• DLC

5. Of the three major Windows NT networking protocols, which one(s) is or are routeable?

• NWLink
• TCP/IP

6. Of the three major Windows NT networking protocols, which one is best suited for small LANs ( < 200 computers)?

• NetBEUI

7. Of the three major Windows NT networking protocols, which one is best suited to internetwork with IPX/SPX or Novell Networking?

• NWLink

8. Of the three major Windows NT networking protocols, which one is best suited for wide-area networking and access to the Internet? What does the acronym for this networking protocol stand for?

• TCP/IP = Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol

9. Name the three different Boundary Layers. What do their acronyms stand for?

• APIs = Application Programming Interfaces
• TDI = Transport Driver Interface
• NDIS = Network Driver Interface Specification

10. How is a MUP different than an MPR?

• A MUP (or Multiple Universal Naming Convention Provider) is a network component which uses UNC (Universal Naming Convention) names to specify destination servers or resources. (Also, but not related to the question at hand, a MUP can maintain multiple UNC listings, thereby freeing applications from having to maintain their own UNC listings.)
• A MPR (or Multi-Provider Router) is a network component which listens for Win32 Network API calls, and then passes those server or resource requests to an appropriate redirector.

11. Name the six different IPC mechanisms Windows NT can use to support distributed processing.

• Named Pipes File Systems (NPFS)
• Mailslots File Systems (MSFS)
• NetBIOS
• Windows Sockets
• Remote Procedure Calls (RPC)
• Network Dynamic Data Exchange (NetDDE)

12. What is a Binding?

• A binding is process of linking networking components on different levels to enable communication between those components. Think about the networking component layers and the boundary layers.

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