Before You Begin
To complete the lessons in this chapter, you should:
Be familiar with Windows networking.
Be comfortable with basic network configuration, including configuring IP settings.
Have three virtual machines running Windows Server 2008 R2.
Real World
Tony Northrup
For the exam, it’s important to understand how to configure Windows Server 2008 R2 as a router. In the real world, you almost never use computers as routers. Hardware-based routers offer better performance with a lower purchase cost and cheaper maintenance. More importantly, they offer much better reliability. Because routers are designed to be only routers (whereas Windows Server ...
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