Problem Set #8


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

10. How is a MUP different than an MPR?

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

12. What is a Binding?

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